All SUSE operating system local interactive user home directories must have mode 0750 or less permissive.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-234993 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | SLES-15-040090 | SV-234993r991589_rule | 2025-02-27 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the assigned home directory of all SUSE operating system local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive. Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users on the system 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. > ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:06 /home/smithj If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Change the mode of SUSE operating system local interactive user's home directories to "0750". 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 0750 /home/smithj |