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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Verify Owner on lastlog Command

    To properly set the owner of /usr/bin/lastlog, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /usr/bin/lastlog 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure All User Initialization Files Have Mode 0740 Or Less Permissive

    Set the mode of the user initialization files to <code>0740</code> with the following command: <pre>$ sudo chmod 0740 /home/<i>USER</i>/.<i>INIT_FI...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • All Interactive User Home Directories Must Have mode 0750 Or Less Permissive

    Change the mode of interactive users home directories to <code>0750</code>. To change the mode of interactive users home directory, use the followi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that User Home Directories are not Group-Writable or World-Readable

    For each human user of the system, view the permissions of the user's home directory: <pre># ls -ld /home/<i>USER</i></pre> Ensure that the directo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions on lastlog Command

    To properly set the permissions of /usr/bin/lastlog, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0750 /usr/bin/lastlog
    Rule Medium Severity

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