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'.

Rationale:

'/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/docker



This 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/1476

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8dd59c6aed9ea11fd546cf172c14c4f77edee3655242c4b9ebf9483f6fef2cca