Ensure the file permissions mask is correct

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

As root run su - yugabyte -c umask. The umask of the yugabyte user must be 0077 or more restrictive; anything less restrictive (e.g. the default 0022) is a finding. Check .bash_profile, .profile and .bashrc of the yugabyte user.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Depending upon the yugabyte user's environment, the umask is typically set in the initialization file .bash_profile, but may also be set in .profile or .bashrc. To set the umask, add the following to the appropriate profile file: # whoami yugabyte # cd ~ # ls -ld .{bash_profile,profile,bashrc} ls: cannot access '.bash_profile': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '.profile': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '.bashrc': No such ...