Title

The at.deny file must be owned by root, bin, or sys. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the owner of the at.deny file is not set to root, bin, or sys, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit sensitive information contained within the file.

Check Content

# ls -lL /etc/cron.d/at.deny If the at.deny file is not owned by root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the at.deny file. # chown root /etc/cron.d/at.deny

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-226873r603265_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-226873

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.