All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group of which the home directorys owner is a member.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51245	OSX8-00-01005	SV-65455r1_rule		Medium

Description
All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group of which the home directory's owner is a member. Check the contents of user home directories for files group-owned by a group where the home directory's owner is not a member.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53593r1_chk )
To list all of the accounts on the system and their defined home directories, run the following command: sudo dscl . -list /users NFSHomeDirectory For all non-system users, validate the ownership of each user's home directory by running the following command: sudo ls -ld [home directory] If the folder is not group-owned by a group that a user is not a member of, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56045r1_fix)
To change the group-ownership of the home directory and files, run the following command: sudo chgrp -R [group] /Users/username