All RHEL 9 local interactive user home directories must have mode 0750 or less permissive.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-257890	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	RHEL-09-232050	SV-257890r1044961_rule	2025-02-27	2

Description
Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command: Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged user identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. $ stat -L -c '%a %n' $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) 2>/dev/null 700 /home/bingwa If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command: Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged user identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information. $ stat -L -c '%a %n' $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) 2>/dev/null 700 /home/bingwa If home directories referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Change the mode of interactive user's home directories to "0750". To change the mode of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command: Note: The example will be for the user "wadea". $ sudo chmod 0750 /home/wadea