STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 3 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all local interactive user home directories are owned by their respective users.

DISA Rule

SV-204469r603830_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-204469

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-07-020640

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the owner of a local interactive user's home directories to that owner. To change the owner of a local interactive user's home directory, 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

Check Contents

Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users on the system exists.

Check the home directory assignment for all local interactive users on the system with the following command:

# ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd)

-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:06 /home/smithj

If any home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" are not owned by the interactive user, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-204469

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-07-020640

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users on the system exists.

Check the home directory assignment for all local interactive users on the system with the following command:

# ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd)

-rwxr-x--- 1 smithj users 18 Mar 5 17:06 /home/smithj

If any home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" are not owned by the interactive user, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2899

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