Title

All interactive user's home directories must be owned by their respective users. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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

Check Content

Check the ownership of each user's home directory listed in the /etc/passwd file. Procedure: # cut -d : -f 6 /etc/passwd | xargs -n1 ls -ld | more If any user's 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 <user> <home directory>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-220082r603266_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-220082

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.