All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group where the home directory's owner is a member.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-38215r1_rule All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group where the home directory's owner is a member.

Vulnerability discussion

If a user's files are group-owned by a group where the user is not a member, unintended users may be able to access them.

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Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to view the group ownership of the user’s directories and files. ls -l /Users (shows users directory) ls -lL /Users/ If any directory or file is not group owned by the user or a know users group, this is a finding.

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