Files in /etc/news must be owned by root.

From SOLARIS 10 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-40487r1_rule Files in /etc/news must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

If critical system files are not owned by a privileged user, system integrity could be compromised.

Check content

Check the ownership of the files in /etc/news. Procedure: # ls -al /etc/news If the /etc/news directory or any files in it are not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the ownership of the /etc/news directory and the files in it to root. Procedure: # chown -R root /etc/news

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