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The root account's home directory (other than /) must have mode 0700.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-775 GEN000920 SV-775r2_rule ECCD-1 ECCD-2 Medium
Description
Permissions greater than 0700 could allow unauthorized users access to the root home directory.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 10 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2017-01-27

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-929r2_fix)
The root home directory will have permissions of 0700. Do not change the protections of the / directory. Use the following command to change protections for the root home directory.
# chmod 0700 /rootdir.