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All AIX interactive users home directories must be owned by their respective users.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

System binaries are executed by privileged users as well as system services, and restrictive permissions are necessary to ensure that their execution of these programs cannot be co-opted.

ID
SV-215276r991592_rule
Version
AIX7-00-002085
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Change the owner of a user's home directory to its assigned user using command: 
# chown <user> <home directory>