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audit_control_mode_configure Configure Audit_Control Owner to Mode 440 or Less Permissive

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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Title

Configure Audit_Control Owner to Mode 440 or Less Permissive

Control

/bin/ls -l /etc/security/audit_control | /usr/bin/awk '!/-r--[r-]-----|current|total/{print $1}' | /usr/bin/wc -l | /usr/bin/xargs

Discussion

/etc/security/audit_control _MUST_ be configured so that it is readable only by the root user and group wheel.

Related controls

au-9

Fix

[source,bash]
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/bin/chmod 440 /etc/security/audit_control
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