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All AIX interactive users home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner primary group.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If the Group Identifier (GID) of the home directory is not the same as the GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized access to files.

ID
SV-215277r991592_rule
Version
AIX7-00-002086
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Change the group owner for users home directories to the primary group of the assigned user: 
# chgrp <groupname> <directoryname> 

(Replace examples with appropriate group and home directory.) 

Document all changes.