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The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.

ID
SV-256561r991589_rule
Version
PHTN-30-000092
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod o-w <file>
# chown root:root <file>