[PATCH 06/14] Created OCIL for user_umask_logindefs - Updated description text for clarify/copy editing - Created OCIL for user_umask_logindefs

Shawn Wells shawn at redhat.com
Wed Sep 19 15:57:02 UTC 2012


---
 RHEL6/input/system/accounts/session.xml |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/session.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/session.xml
index 9062ad5..c85f446 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/session.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/session.xml
@@ -262,12 +262,20 @@ umask 077</pre>
 <title>Ensure the Default Umask is Set Correctly in login.defs</title>
 <description>
 To ensure the default umask controlled by <tt>/etc/login.defs</tt> is set properly,
-add or correct the line:
-<pre>UMASK 077<!-- <sub idref="umask_user_value" /> --></pre>
+add or correct the <tt>umask</tt> setting in <tt>/etc/login.defs</tt> to read as follows:
+<pre>umask 077<!-- <sub idref="umask_user_value" /> --></pre>
 </description>
 <rationale>The umask value influences the permissions assigned to files when they are created.
 A misconfigured umask value could result in files with excessive permissions that can be read and/or
 written to by unauthorized users.</rationale>
+<ocil>Verify the <tt>umask</tt> setting is configured correctly in the <tt>/etc/login.defs</tt> file by
+running the following command:
+<pre># grep "umask" /etc/login.defs</pre>
+All output must show the value of <tt>umask</tt> set to 077, as shown in the below:
+<pre># grep "umask" /etc/login.defs
+umask 077</pre>
+</ocil>
+
 <ident cce="14107-7" />
 <oval id="accounts_umask_login_defs" value="umask_user_value" />
 <ref nist="CM-6, CM-7"/>
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1.7.1


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