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The Photon operating system must protect all boot configuration files from unauthorized modification.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Boot configuration files control how the system boots, including single-user mode, auditing, log levels, etc. Improper or malicious configurations can negatively affect system security and availability.

ID
SV-256580r991589_rule
Version
PHTN-30-000111
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>