All interactive user home directories must be owned by their respective users.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-64589r1_rule All interactive user home directories must be owned by their respective users.

Vulnerability discussion

If users do not own their home directories, unauthorized users could access user files.

Check content

Check the ownership of each user home directory listed in the /etc/passwd file. Procedure: # cut -d : -f 6 /etc/passwd | xargs -n1 ls -ld If any user home directory is not owned by the assigned user, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the owner of a user's home directory to its assigned user. Procedure: # chown

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