All AIX interactive users home directories must be owned by their respective users.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215276r991592_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the owner of a user's home directory to its assigned user using command:
# chown <user> <home directory>