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V-257890CAT II — Medium severitySV-257890r1268251_rule

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

Rule version RHEL-09-232050 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

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

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/disauser

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" using the following command:

Note: The example will be for the user "disauser".

$ sudo chmod 0750 /home/disauser

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257890
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-257890r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-61631r1184303_chk
Fix ID
F-61555r1184304_fix