Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Verify User Who Owns /var/log/messages File
To properly set the owner of/var/log/messages, run the command:$ sudo chown root /var/log/messages
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Verify User Who Owns /var/log/syslog File
To properly set the owner of/var/log/syslog, run the command:$ sudo chown syslog /var/log/syslog
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Verify Permissions on /var/log Directory
To properly set the permissions of/var/log, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0755 /var/log
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Verify Permissions on /var/log/messages File
To properly set the permissions of/var/log/messages, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/messages
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Verify Permissions on /var/log/syslog File
To properly set the permissions of/var/log/syslog, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/syslog
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Verify File Permissions Within Some Important Directories
Some directories contain files whose confidentiality or integrity is notably important and may also be susceptible to misconfiguration over time, p...Group -
Verify that System Executable Have Root Ownership
<pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin</pre> All these directories should be owned by the <code>root</code> user. If any...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that Shared Library Directories Have Root Ownership
System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by ...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that System Executable Directories Have Restrictive Permissions
System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin</pre> Thes...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that Shared Library Directories Have Restrictive Permissions
System-wide shared library directories, which contain are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following d...Rule Medium Severity -
cron_userdomain_transition SELinux Boolean
default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
off - SELinux boolean is disabled.Value -
Verify that System Executables Have Root Ownership
System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/libexec /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/sb...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that Shared Library Files Have Root Ownership
System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by ...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that System Executables Have Restrictive Permissions
System executables are stored in the following directories by default: <pre>/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/libexec /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/sb...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify that Shared Library Files Have Restrictive Permissions
System-wide shared library files, which are linked to executables during process load time or run time, are stored in the following directories by ...Rule Medium Severity -
Restrict Dynamic Mounting and Unmounting of Filesystems
Linux includes a number of facilities for the automated addition and removal of filesystems on a running system. These facilities may be necessary...Group -
Disable the Automounter
The <code>autofs</code> daemon mounts and unmounts filesystems, such as user home directories shared via NFS, on demand. In addition, autofs can be...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Mounting of cramfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of freevxfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>freevxfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...Rule Low Severity -
Disable Mounting of hfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/...Rule Low Severity
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