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Verify that /etc/docker directory ownership is set to root:root

Details

Verify that the /etc/docker directory ownership and group-ownership is correctly set to

‘root’.’/etc/docker’ directory contains certificates and keys in addition to various sensitive files.

Hence, it should be owned and group-owned by ‘root’ to maintain the integrity of the

directory.

Solution

chown root-root /etc/dockerThis would set the ownership and group-ownership for the directory to ‘root’.Impact-None.Default Value-By default, the ownership and group-ownership for this directory is correctly set to ‘root’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

Source

Updated on July 16, 2022
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