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The root account's home directory must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-226473 GEN000930 SV-226473r603265_rule Medium
Description
File system extended ACLs provide access to files beyond what is allowed by the mode numbers of the files.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-28634r482801_chk )
Verify the root account's home directory has no extended ACL.
# ls -ld ~root
If the permissions include a "+", the directory has an extended ACL and this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-28622r482802_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the directory.
# chmod A- ~root