POSIX access permissions must be assigned based on user categories.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-25267	OSX00135 M6	SV-37208r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
POSIX access permissions must be assigned based on user categories. Changing permissions on a user's home directory from 750 to 700 will disable Apple file sharing. User's home directory POSIX permissions should be set to 700.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-35899r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command. ls -ld If permissions are not set to 700, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31157r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command. sudo chmod 700