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GEN001860 - All local initialization files must be owned by the home directorys user or root.
Information
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.Solution
Change the ownership of the startup and login files in the user's directory to the user or root, as appropriate.Examine each user's home directory and verify all filenames beginning with '.' are owned by the owner of the directory or root.
If they are not, use the chown command to change the owner to the user and research the reasons why the owners were not assigned as required.
Procedure:
# chown username .filename
Document all changes.
See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, Group-ID|V-904, Rule-ID|SV-37430r3_rule, STIG-ID|GEN001860, Vuln-ID|V-904
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: aacd330f7481ac65c0cfbb1a68bee5f705d8383c5e1ccc588a1dd44eacf851e7