Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECCD-2, ECCD-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-37910r1_rule Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Vulnerability discussion

If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted causing actions to possibly compromise the system.

Check content

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the permissions on the man files. ls -lLR /usr/share/man If the permissions are not set to 0644 or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix text

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to set the mode of the manual page files to 0644 or less permissive. chmod 0644 /usr/share/man

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.