All system files, programs, and directories must be owned by a system account.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-215183r991560_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the owner of public directories to "root" or an application account using the following command:
# chown root </public/directory>
Note: Replace "root" with an application user as necessary.