The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that all files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories have a mode of 0750 or less permissive.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-221734 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | OL07-00-020680 | SV-221734r991589_rule | 2025-02-20 | 3 |
| Description |
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| If a local interactive user files have excessive permissions, unintended users may be able to access or modify them. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify all files and directories contained in a local interactive user home directory, excluding local initialization files, have a mode of "0750". Check the mode of all non-initialization files in a local interactive user home directory with the following command: Files that begin with a "." are excluded from this requirement. Note: The example will be for the user "smithj", who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". # ls -lLR /home/smithj -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj smithj 18 Mar 5 17:06 file1 -rwxr----- 1 smithj smithj 193 Mar 5 17:06 file2 -rw-r-x--- 1 smithj smithj 231 Mar 5 17:06 file3 If any files are found with a mode more permissive than "0750", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Set the mode on files and directories in the local interactive user home directory with the following command: Note: The example will be for the user smithj, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj" and is a member of the users group. # chmod 0750 /home/smithj/<file> |