Rules Related To 'crontabs'

Component overview

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Rule details

Verify Group Who Owns cron.daily

file_groupowner_cron_daily

Description

To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.daily

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Group Who Owns cron.hourly

file_groupowner_cron_hourly

Description

To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.hourly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Group Who Owns cron.monthly

file_groupowner_cron_monthly

Description

To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.monthly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Group Who Owns cron.weekly

file_groupowner_cron_weekly

Description

To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.weekly, run the command: 

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.weekly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Group Who Owns Crontab

file_groupowner_crontab

Description

To properly set the group owner of /etc/crontab, run the command: 

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/crontab

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Owner on cron.daily

file_owner_cron_daily

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 

$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.daily

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Owner on cron.hourly

file_owner_cron_hourly

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 

$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.hourly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Owner on cron.monthly

file_owner_cron_monthly

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 

$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.monthly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Owner on cron.weekly

file_owner_cron_weekly

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/cron.weekly, run the command: 

$ sudo chown root /etc/cron.weekly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Owner on crontab

file_owner_crontab

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/crontab, run the command: 

$ sudo chown root /etc/crontab

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Permissions on cron.daily

file_permissions_cron_daily

Description

To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 

$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Permissions on cron.hourly

file_permissions_cron_hourly

Description

To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.hourly, run the command: 

$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.hourly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Permissions on cron.monthly

file_permissions_cron_monthly

Description

To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.monthly, run the command: 

$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.monthly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Permissions on cron.weekly

file_permissions_cron_weekly

Description

To properly set the permissions of /etc/cron.weekly, run the command: 

$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.weekly

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.

Verify Permissions on crontab

file_permissions_crontab

Description

To properly set the permissions of /etc/crontab, run the command: 

$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab

Rationale

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should have the correct access rights to prevent unauthorized changes.