All RHEL 8 local interactive user home directory files must have mode 0750 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.
- ID
- SV-244531r1017338_rule
- Version
- RHEL-08-010731
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Set the mode on files and directories in the local interactive user home directory with the following command:
Note: The example will be for the user smithj, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj" and is a member of the users group.
$ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj/<file or directory>