The macOS system must configure system log files to be owned by root and group to wheel.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The system log files must be owned by root. System logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log files are set to only be readable and writable by system administrators, the risk is mitigated. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083,SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-259556r958564_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the macOS system with system log files owned by root and group to wheel with the following command:
/usr/sbin/chown root:wheel $(/usr/bin/stat -f '%Su:%Sg:%N' $(/usr/bin/grep -v '^#' /etc/newsyslog.conf | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }') 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/awk -F":" '!/^root:wheel:/{print $3}')