All network services daemon files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-37882r1_rule All network services daemon files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Vulnerability discussion

Restricting permission on daemons will protect them from unauthorized modification and possible system compromise.

Check content

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to check the mode of network services daemons (all on one line). find /usr/sbin -type f -perm +022 -exec stat -f %Lp:%N {} \; This will return the octal permissions and name of all files that are group or world-writable. If any network services daemon listed is world or group-writable (either or both of the 2 lowest order digits containing a 2, 3, 6, or 7), this is a finding.

Fix text

Open a terminal session and use the following command to change the mode of the network services daemon. chmod 755

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