The operating system must enforce a Discretionary Access Control (DAC) policy that includes or excludes access to the granularity of a single user.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000493-PNF	RHEL-06-000493-PNF	RHEL-06-000493-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Access control policies (e.g., identity-based policies, role-based policies, attribute-based policies) and access enforcement mechanisms (e.g., access control lists, access control matrices, cryptography) are employed by organizations to control access between users (or processes acting on behalf of users) and objects (e.g., devices, files, records, processes, programs, domains) in the operating system. This requirement mandates the granularity of the access is at the user level.

Description

Access control policies (e.g., identity-based policies, role-based policies, attribute-based policies) and access enforcement mechanisms (e.g., access control lists, access control matrices, cryptography) are employed by organizations to control access between users (or processes acting on behalf of users) and objects (e.g., devices, files, records, processes, programs, domains) in the operating system. This requirement mandates the granularity of the access is at the user level.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000493-PNF_chk )
RHEL6 supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000493-PNF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent not a finding. No fix is required.