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1.179 SLES-15-040110

Information

All SUSE operating system local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-234995
RULE ID: SV-234995r991589

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

Solution

Set the mode of SUSE operating system local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:

Note : The example will be for the smithj user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

sudo chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.<INIT_FILE>

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23779

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-234995r991589_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-040110, Vuln-ID|V-234995

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e29e0b9d0d9fb6a379f2443a36b4e1d8022a3e5f0fff45cb63aa7eb1203392d3