STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 6 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

All TOSS local interactive user home directories must be owned by root.

DISA Rule

SV-252970r991592_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-252970

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

Rule Version

TOSS-04-020310

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the owner of interactive user's home directories to root.

To change the owner of a local interactive user's home directory, use the following command:

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

$ sudo chown root /home/smithj

Check Contents

Check that all user home directories are owned by the root user with the following command:

$ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -user root -ls

If there is any output, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-252970

Documentable

False

Rule Version

TOSS-04-020310

Severity Override Guidance

Check that all user home directories are owned by the root user with the following command:

$ find $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $6}' /etc/passwd) -maxdepth 0 -not -user root -ls

If there is any output, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5469