Audit log files must be owned by root:wheel.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000162

SV-65837r1_rule Audit log files must be owned by root:wheel.

Vulnerability discussion

Audit log files should be owned by root:wheel.

Check content

To check the ownership of the audit log files, run the following command: sudo -s ls -n `sudo grep "^dir" /etc/security/audit_control | awk -F: '{print $2 "/*"}'` | awk '{ print $3 $4 ":" $9 }' The results should read "0:0" in the first column. The first 0 is UID, the second is GID, with the first "0" being root, and the second "0" being wheel. If not, this is a finding.

Fix text

For any log file that returns an incorrect permission value, run the following command: chown root:wheel [audit log file] where [audit log file] is the full path to the log file in question.

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