GEN001500 - All interactive user home directories must be owned by their respective users.

Information

If users do not own their home directories, unauthorized users could access user files.

Solution

Change the owner of a user's home directory to its assigned user.

Procedure:
# chown <user> <home directory>

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 v1r18 Audit

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, Group-ID|V-902, Rule-ID|SV-37163r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN001500, Vuln-ID|V-902

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 317640b2d9d2dd1a2fae509697f86220ec31cabb02054aa17a4efb21edfa2131