The system boot loader configuration file(s) must be group-owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38581	RHEL-06-000066	SV-50382r2_rule		Medium

Description
The "root" group is a highly-privileged group. Furthermore, the group-owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-16

Details

Check Text ( C-46139r2_chk )
To check the group ownership of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command: $ ls -lL /boot/grub/grub.conf If properly configured, the output should indicate the group-owner is "root". If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43529r2_fix)
The file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" should be group-owned by the "root" group to prevent destruction or modification of the file. To properly set the group owner of "/boot/grub/grub.conf", run the command: # chgrp root /boot/grub/grub.conf