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1.123 OL08-00-010730

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-248639
RULE ID: SV-248639r991589

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

Solution

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-248639r991589_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010730, Vuln-ID|V-248639

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 267248ceb1baca138ee4aaaad6f6e9c43f8b2f2d218a94c61aecf36c92484183