The macOS system must configure system log files owned by root and group to wheel.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The system log files must be owned by root. System logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. Setting log files to be readable and writable only by system administrators mitigates the risk. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083, SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084
- ID
- SV-268552r1034596_rule
- Version
- APPL-15-004030
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A 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}')