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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Services
Cron and At Daemons
Restrict at and cron to Authorized Users if Necessary
Verify Permissions on /etc/cron.allow file
Verify Permissions on /etc/cron.allow file
An XCCDF Rule
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Verify Permissions on /etc/cron.allow file
Medium Severity
If
/etc/cron.allow
exists, it must have permissions
0600
or more restrictive. To properly set the permissions of
/etc/cron.allow
, run the command:
$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/cron.allow