The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/root" path is protected from unauthorized access.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the "/root" path is accessible to users other than root, unauthorized users could change the root partitions files.
- ID
- SV-256560r991589_rule
- Version
- PHTN-30-000091
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands:
# chmod 700 /root
# chown root:root /root