All SLEM 5 local interactive user home directories must have mode 750 or less permissive.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-261291	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	SLEM-05-232030	SV-261291r996352_rule	2024-06-04	1

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

ℹ️ Check
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. Verify the assigned home directory of all SLEM 5 local interactive users has a mode of "750" or less permissive with the following command: > ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:6 /home/smithj If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

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. Verify the assigned home directory of all SLEM 5 local interactive users has a mode of "750" or less permissive with the following command: > ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:6 /home/smithj If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Change the mode of SLEM 5 local interactive user's home directories to "750". To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj". > sudo chmod 750 /home/smithj