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The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/root" path is protected from unauthorized access.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If the "/root" path is accessible to users other than root, unauthorized users could change the root partitions files.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-256560r887354_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following commands:

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