All SLEM 5 local initialization files must have mode 740 or less permissive.

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

Verify that all SLEM 5 local initialization files have a mode of "740" or less permissive with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the user "dosuser", who has a home directory of "/home/dosuser".

     > sudo ls -al /home/dosuser/.* | more
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 497 Jan 6 27 .login
     -rw-r-x---- 1 dosuser users 886 Jan 6 27 .something

If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "740", this is a finding.

Set the mode of SLEM 5 local initialization files to "740" with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the dosuser user, who has a home directory of "/home/dosuser".

     > sudo chmod 740 /home/dosuser/.<INIT_FILE>