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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora
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Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories
Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by a System Account
Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by a System Account
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Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by a System Account
Medium Severity
All directories in local partitions which are world-writable should be owned by root or another system account. If any world-writable directories are not owned by a system account, this should be investigated. Following this, the files should be deleted or assigned to an appropriate owner.