Rule version RHEL-10-400335 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17
Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.
Verify RHEL 10 enforces that all local initialization files configured by systemd-tmpfiles have mode "0600" or less permissive.
Check that all files from "/usr/share/rootfiles/" are overridden correctly in RHEL 10:
$ sudo grep /usr/share/rootfiles/ /etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf C /root/.bash_logout 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_logout C /root/.bash_profile 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_profile C /root/.bashrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bashrc C /root/.cshrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.cshrc C /root/.tcshrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.tcshrc
If any files are not configured to "600", or if no files are found by grep, this is a finding.
Configure RHEL 10 to enforce that all local initialization files configured by systemd-tmpfiles have mode "0600" or less permissive.
Ensure the following lines are in a ".conf" file under "/etc/tmpfiles.d/":
C /root/.bash_logout 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_logout C /root/.bash_profile 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bash_profile C /root/.bashrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.bashrc C /root/.cshrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.cshrc C /root/.tcshrc 600 root root - /usr/share/rootfiles/.tcshrc