All system files, programs, and directories must be owned by a system account.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-001499

SV-37988r1_rule All system files, programs, and directories must be owned by a system account.

Vulnerability discussion

Restricting permissions will protect the files from unauthorized modification.

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Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the ownership of system files, programs, and directories. Procedure: ls -lLa/bin /usr/bin /sbin /usr/sbin If any of the system files, programs, or directories are not owned by a system account, this is a finding.

Fix text

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to change the owner of system files, programs, and directories to a system account. chown root

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