All TOSS local interactive user home directories must have mode 0770 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sharing of information with an SA through shared resources.
- ID
- SV-252969r991592_rule
- Version
- TOSS-04-020300
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the mode of interactive user's home directories to "0770." 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 0770 /home/smithj