Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

OL 9 cron configuration directories must have a mode of 0700 or less permissive.

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

OL 9 cron configuration directories must have a mode of 0700 or less permissive.

Description

Discussion Text

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

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Objective

V-271827

Rule

SV-271827r1092193_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

OL09-00-002580

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify that OL 9 configures permissions of the cron directories with the following command:

$ find /etc/cron* -type d | xargs stat -c "%a %n"
700 /etc/cron.d
700 /etc/cron.daily
700 /etc/cron.hourly
700 /etc/cron.monthly
700 /etc/cron.weekly

If any cron configuration directory is more permissive than "700", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure any OL 9 cron configuration directory with a mode more permissive than "0700" as follows:

$ sudo chmod 0700 [cron configuration directory]

STIG check 385 of 450 in the Oracle Linux 9 STIG checklist

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