All SLEM 5 local interactive user home directories must have mode 750 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-261291r996352_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the mode of SLEM 5 local interactive user's home directories to "750". To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command:
Note: The example will be for the user "smithj".
> sudo chmod 750 /home/smithj