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RHEL-09-411070 - All RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner's primary group.
Information
If the Group Identifier (GID) of a local interactive users home directory is not the same as the primary GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized access to the users files, and users that share the same group may not be able to access files that they legitimately should.Solution
Change the group owner of a local interactive user's home directory to the group found in "/etc/passwd". To change the group owner of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command:Note: The example will be for the user "disauser", who has a home directory of "/home/disauser", and has a primary group of users.
$ sudo chgrp users /home/disauser
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_9_V2R9_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG v2r9
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258053r1208773_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-411070, Vuln-ID|V-258053
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 920db4aab350fc4b1652c7cc427e14af70ab529672fa9c6bc48236bb7509cf1b