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2.4.1.3 Ensure permissions on /etc/cron.hourly are configured

Audit#

- IF - cron is installed on the system: Run the following command and verify Uid and Gid are both 0/root and Access does not grant permissions to group or other: 

# stat -Lc 'Access: (%a/%A) Uid: ( %u/ %U) Gid: ( %g/ %G)' /etc/cron.hourly/
Access: (700/drwx------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

Remediation#

- IF - cron is installed on the system: Run the following commands to set ownership and permissions on the /etc/cron.hourly directory: 

# chown root:root /etc/cron.hourly/
# chmod og-rwx /etc/cron.hourly/

Default Value: Access: (755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)