All files and directories contained in interactive user home directories must be owned by the home directory's owner.

All files and directories contained in interactive user home directories must be owned by the home directory's owner.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-914	GEN001540 M6	SV-38182r1_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2	Low

Description
If users do not own the files in their directories, unauthorized users may be able to access them. Additionally, if files are not owned by the user, this could be an indication of system compromise.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-37582r1_chk )
NOTE: For each user, check for the presence of files and directories within the user's home directory not owned by the home directory owner. Open a terminal session and enter the following command. find / -not -user -exec ls -ld {} \; If the user's home directories contain files or directories not owned by the home directory owner, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32824r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to change the ownership of files and directories in user home directories to the owner of the home directory. chown