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9.15 Check User Home Directory Ownership

Information

The user home directory is space defined for the particular user to set local environment variables and to store personal files.

Since the user is accountable for files stored in the user home directory, the user must be the owner of the directory.

Solution

Correct or justify any items discovered in the Audit step. Determine if there exists any users whose home directory is not properly owned, and work with those users to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/4777

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-5, 800-53|AC-6, 800-53|MP-2, CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: Unix

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