SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R12

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

All skeleton files (typically in /etc/skel) must be group-owned by root, bin or sys.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

All skeleton files (typically in /etc/skel) must be group-owned by root, bin or sys.

Description

Discussion Text

If the skeleton files are not protected, unauthorized personnel could change user startup parameters and possibly jeopardize user files.

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Objective

V-22358

Rule

SV-45139r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN001830

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the skeleton files are group-owned by root, bin or sys.

Procedure:
# ls -alL /etc/skel
If a skeleton file is not group-owned by root, bin or sys this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the group-owner of the skeleton file to root, bin or sys. 

Procedure:
# chgrp <group> /etc/skel/<skeleton file>
or:
# cd /etc/skel
# ls -L /etc/skel|xargs stat -L -c %G:%n|egrep -v "^(root|bin|sys):"|cut -d: -f2|xargs chgrp root
will change the group of all files not already in one of the approved groups to root.

STIG check 126 of 550 in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z STIG checklist

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