The seusers.local file is world writable

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • /etc/selinux/targeted/active/seusers.local is world writable
  • Too loose permissions for /etc/selinux/targeted/active/seusers.local
  • With IPA, when a user logs in for the first time, the seusers.local file is created with 0666 permissions
  • /etc/selinux/targeted/active/seusers.local follows current umask settings

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • libsemanage-2.5-5.1.el7_3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • libsemanage
  • IPA/sssd used for authentication

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