All local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN001880-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001880-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001880-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

Description

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN001880-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN001880-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.