All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252970	TOSS-04-020310	SV-252970r824234_rule		Medium

Description
Users' home directories/folders may contain information of a sensitive nature. Non-privileged users should coordinate any sharing of information with an SA through shared resources.

STIG	Date
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56423r824232_chk )
Check that all user home directories are owned by the root user with the following command: $ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -user root -ls If there is any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56373r824233_fix)
Change the owner of interactive user's home directories to root. To change the owner of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "smithj." $ sudo chown root /home/smithj