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All home directories must be owned by the respective user assigned to it in /etc/passwd.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Since the user is accountable for files stored in the user's home directory, the user must be the owner of the directory.

ID
SV-216425r959010_rule
Version
SOL-11.1-070090
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

The root role is required.

Correct the owner of any directory that does not match the password file entry for that user.

# chown [user] [home directory]