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-216188r959010_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]