RHEL 9 /etc/crontab file must have mode 0600.
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 have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.
- ID
- SV-257933r991589_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-232265
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the RHEL 9 file /etc/crontab with mode 600.
$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab