All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group where the home directory's owner is a member.

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All files and directories contained in user home directories must be group-owned by a group where the home directory's owner is a member.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22351	GEN001550 M6	SV-38215r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
If a user's files are group-owned by a group where the user is not a member, unintended users may be able to access them.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-37683r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to view the group ownership of the user’s directories and files. ls -l /Users (shows users directory) ls -lL /Users/ If any directory or file is not group owned by the user or a know users group, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32922r1_fix)
chgrp