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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • User Initialization Files Must Be Owned By the Primary User

    Set the owner of the user initialization files for interactive users to the primary owner with the following command: <pre>$ sudo chown <i>USER</i>...
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  • Ensure that Users Path Contains Only Local Directories

    Ensure that all interactive user initialization files executable search path statements do not contain statements that will reference a working dir...
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  • All Interactive Users Must Have A Home Directory Defined

    Assign home directories to all interactive users that currently do not have a home directory assigned. This rule checks if the home directory is p...
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  • All Interactive Users Home Directories Must Exist

    Create home directories to all local interactive users that currently do not have a home directory assigned. Use the following commands to create t...
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  • All User Files and Directories In The Home Directory Must Be Group-Owned By The Primary Group

    Change the group of a local interactive users files and directories to a group that the interactive user is a member of. To change the group owner ...
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  • All User Files and Directories In The Home Directory Must Have a Valid Owner

    Either remove all files and directories from the system that do not have a valid user, or assign a valid user to all unowned files and directories....
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  • All Interactive User Home Directories Must Be Group-Owned By The Primary Group

    Change the group owner of interactive users home directory to the group found in <code>/etc/passwd</code>. To change the group owner of interactive...
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  • All Interactive User Home Directories Must Be Owned By The Primary User

    Change the owner of interactive users home directories to that correct owner. To change the owner of a interactive users home directory, use the fo...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Ensure that No Dangerous Directories Exist in Root's Path

    The active path of the root account can be obtained by starting a new root shell and running: <pre># echo $PATH</pre> This will produce a colon-sep...
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  • Ensure that Root's Path Does Not Include World or Group-Writable Directories

    For each element in root's path, run: 
    # ls -ld DIR
    and ensure that write permissions are disabled for group and other.
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Ensure that Root's Path Does Not Include Relative Paths or Null Directories

    Ensure that none of the directories in root's path is equal to a single <code>.</code> character, or that it contains any instances that lead to re...
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  • Ensure that Users Have Sensible Umask Values

    The umask setting controls the default permissions for the creation of new files. With a default <code>umask</code> setting of 077, files and direc...
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  • Sensible umask

    Enter default user umask
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  • Ensure the Default Bash Umask is Set Correctly

    To ensure the default umask for users of the Bash shell is set properly, add or correct the <code>umask</code> setting in <code>/etc/bashrc</code> ...
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  • Ensure the Default C Shell Umask is Set Correctly

    To ensure the default umask for users of the C shell is set properly, add or correct the <code>umask</code> setting in <code>/etc/csh.cshrc</code> ...
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  • Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs

    To ensure the default umask controlled by <code>/etc/login.defs</code> is set properly, add or correct the <code>UMASK</code> setting in <code>/etc...
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  • Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in /etc/profile

    To ensure the default umask controlled by <code>/etc/profile</code> is set properly, add or correct the <code>umask</code> setting in <code>/etc/pr...
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