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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-22309 GEN000930 SV-26352r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
File system extended ACLs provide access to files beyond what is allowed by the mode numbers of the files.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 9 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-27457r1_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-23535r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL on the root account's home directory.
# getfacl ~root
Remove each ACE returned.
# setfacl -d [ACE] ~root