All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must have mode "0750" or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-248639r991589_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the mode of interactive users' home directories to "0750" using the following command.
Note: The example will be for the user "smithj".
$ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj