All RHEL 9 local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.
- ID
- SV-257889r1044959_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-232045
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command:
Note: The example will be for the wadea user, who has a home directory of "/home/wadea".
$ sudo chmod 0740 /home/wadea/.<INIT_FILE>