1.6.6 Ensure access to /etc/issue.net is configured

Audit#

Run the following command and verify Access is 644 or more restrictive and Uid and Gid are both 0/root:

# stat -Lc 'Access: (%#a/%A) Uid: ( %u/ %U) Gid: { %g/ %G)' /etc/issue.net

Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

Run the following commands to set mode, owner, and group on /etc/issue.net:

# chown root:root $(readlink -e /etc/issue.net)
# chmod u-x,go-wx $(readlink -e /etc/issue.net)

Default Value:
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)