3.19 Verify that /etc/default/docker file ownership is set to root:root

Information

Verify that the '/etc/default/docker' file ownership and group-ownership is correctly set to 'root'.'/etc/default/docker'file contains sensitive parameters that may alter the behavior of docker daemon. Hence, it should be owned and group-owned by 'root' to maintain the integrity of the file.

Solution

chown root:root /etc/default/dockerThis would set the ownership and group-ownership for the file to 'root'.
Impact-
None.
Default Value-
This file may not be present on the system. In that case, this recommendation is not applicable.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/516

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 60b24acd7a20b652b4043497b557c3b977d5c503ebeda10bf5f3918823fa4f79