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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all local initialization files have mode 0740 or less permissive.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

ID
SV-204476r917827_rule
Version
RHEL-07-020710
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj".

     # chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.[^.]*