PHTN-30-000091 - The Photon operating system must be configured so the '/root' path is protected from unauthorized access.

Information

If the '/root' path is accessible to users other than root, unauthorized users could change the root partitions files.

Solution

At the command line, run the following commands:

# chmod 700 /root
# chown root:root /root

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y25M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r4

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-256560r991589_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-30-000091, Vuln-ID|V-256560

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2319a76858e1afda2fdb82758d6a86801a4e130bdef06868a128c48e9839eff4