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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Secure Session Configuration Files for Login Accounts
Ensure users' .netrc Files are not group or world accessible
Ensure users' .netrc Files are not group or world accessible
An XCCDF Rule
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Ensure users' .netrc Files are not group or world accessible
Medium Severity
While the system administrator can establish secure permissions for users' .netrc files, the users can easily override these. This rule ensures every .netrc file or directory under the home directory related to an interactive user is not group or world accessible