All files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories must be owned by the owner of the home directory.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-86647r1_rule All files and directories contained in local interactive user home directories must be owned by the owner of the home directory.

Vulnerability discussion

If local interactive users do not own the files in their directories, unauthorized users may be able to access them. Additionally, if files are not owned by the user, this could be an indication of system compromise.

Check content

Verify all files and directories in a local interactive user’s home directory are owned by the user. Check the owner of all files and directories in a local interactive user’s home directory with the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj", who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". # ls -lLR /home/smithj -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj smithj 18 Mar 5 17:06 file1 -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj smithj 193 Mar 5 17:06 file2 -rw-r--r-- 1 smithj smithj 231 Mar 5 17:06 file3 If any files are found with an owner different than the home directory user, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the owner of a local interactive user’s files and directories to that owner. To change the owner of a local interactive user’s files and directories, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user smithj, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". # chown smithj /home/smithj/

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