System audit logs must be owned by root.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECTP-1

Associated with: CCI-000162

SV-38619r1_rule System audit logs must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

Failure to give ownership of system audit log files to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information.

Check content

Open a terminal session and use the following command to verify the owner of audit logs in the /var/audit directory. ls -lL /var/audit If any file in the /var/audit directory is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix text

Open a terminal session and use the following command to change the owner of the file. chown root /var/audit/

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