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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Verify Permissions on Files within /var/log Directory

    The /var/log directory contains files with logs of error messages in the system and should only be accessed by authorized personnel.
    Group
  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log Directory

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /var/log
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log/messages File

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log/messages, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /var/log/messages
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /var/log/syslog File

    To properly set the group owner of /var/log/syslog, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp adm /var/log/syslog
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns /var/log Directory

    To properly set the owner of /var/log, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /var/log 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions on /var/log Directory

    To properly set the permissions of /var/log, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0755 /var/log
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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
    Rule Medium Severity

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