Audit log files must be owned by root:wheel.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000163

SV-65851r1_rule Audit log files must be owned by root:wheel.

Vulnerability discussion

Audit log files should be owned by root:wheel.

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Prevent unauthorized users from reading or altering the audit logs. To check the permissions of the audit log files, run the following command: sudo -s ls -l `grep "^dir" /etc/security/audit_control | awk -F: '{print $2 "/*"}'` | grep -v current The audit log files listed should be owned by root:wheel. If not, this is a finding.

Fix text

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

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