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The Photon operating system "/var/log" directory must be owned by root.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an organization's operational state and can provide sensitive information to an unprivileged attacker.

ID
SV-256515r958566_rule
Version
PHTN-30-000040
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following command:

# chown root:root /var/log