All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must have mode "0750" or less permissive.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-248639	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	OL08-00-010730	SV-248639r991589_rule	2025-02-20	2

Description
Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command. Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. $ sudo ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $6}' /etc/passwd) drwxr-x--- 2 smithj admin 4096 Jun 5 12:41 smithj If home directories of interactive users referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command. Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. $ sudo ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $6}' /etc/passwd) drwxr-x--- 2 smithj admin 4096 Jun 5 12:41 smithj If home directories of interactive users referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Change the mode of interactive users' home directories to "0750" using the following command. Note: The example will be for the user "smithj". $ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj