RHEL 9 cron configuration files directory must be owned by root.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations; therefore, service configuration files must be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.
- ID
- SV-257926r991589_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-232230
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure any cron configuration not owned by root with the following command:
$ sudo chown root [cron config file]