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The Photon operating system must be configured so that all files have a valid owner and group owner.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If files do not have valid user and group owners, unintended access to files could occur.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-256563r887363_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following command for each returned file:

# chown root:root <file>