All local initialization files must be owned by the user or root.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-38010r1_rule All local initialization files must be owned by the user or root.

Vulnerability discussion

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

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Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to verify ownership of local initialization files. ls -al //.login ls -al //.cshrc ls -al //.logout ls -al //.profile ls -al //.bash_profile ls -al //.bashrc ls -al //.bash_logout ls -al //.env ls -al //.dtprofile ls -al //.dispatch ls -al //.emacs ls -al //.exrc find //.dt ! -fstype nfs ! -user -exec ls -ld {} \; If local initialization files are not owned by the home directory's user or root, this is a finding.

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Open a terminal session and enter the following command to change the ownership of the start-up and login files in the user’s directory to the user or root, as appropriate. Examine each user’s home directory and verify all filenames beginning with "." are owned by the owner of the directory or root. If they are not, use the chown command to change the owner to the user and research the reasons why the owners were not assigned as required. chown

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