All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be owned by root.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-252970 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230 | TOSS-04-020310 | SV-252970r991592_rule | 2024-05-30 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sharing of information with an SA through shared resources. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Check that all user home directories are owned by the root user with the following command: $ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -user root -ls If there is any output, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Change the owner of interactive user's home directories to root. To change the owner of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj." $ sudo chown root /home/smithj |