TMA-SOLARIS-9.15

Check User Home Directory Ownership

MediumLevel 1Automatedsolaris

Description

The user home directory is space defined for the particular user to set local environment variables and to store personal files. Since the user is accountable for files stored in the user home directory, the user must be the owner of the directory. Audit: home directories of password-enabled accounts must be owned by the account (missing uucp/nuucp homes are ignored).

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

command -v logins >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; out=$( { logins -xo | awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $1, $6 }' | while read user home; do [ -d "$home" ] || continue; find "$home" -type d -prune ! -user "$user" -ls; done ; } 2>/dev/null ); [ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 20

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Correct or justify any items discovered in the Audit step. Determine if there exists any users whose home directory is not properly owned, and work with those users to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: solarisaccounts
Reference: CIS Oracle Solaris 11.4 Benchmark v1.1.0 - 9.15 Check User Home Directory Ownership

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target solaris