SOL-11.1-070090 - All home directories must be owned by the respective user assigned to it in /etc/passwd.

Information

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

Solution

The root role is required.

Correct the owner of any directory that does not match the password file entry for that user.

# chown [user] [home directory]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_SPARC_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216425r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070090, STIG-Legacy|SV-60969, STIG-Legacy|V-48097, Vuln-ID|V-216425

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5b66ab424b752642b9bcace29121e02bb6740e7dab5bf9dd24ce5460593823b6