Major Hayden 964b1a5bd7 V-38643: World writable files
Implements: blueprint security-hardening

Change-Id: I1096ad2c31a33205ee4130d0e02e8bd9504a6b92
2015-10-19 11:54:38 -05:00

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**Exception**
Searching for world-writable files on a host deployed with openstack-ansible
can be very time consuming and it can create unneccessary I/O load on hosts.
Deployers are urged to check for world-writable files on a regular basis in
directories where those files might be a concern (especially web accessible
directories).
The command provided with the STIG is helpful for finding these types of files:
.. code-block:: bash
find ${MOUNT_POINT} -xdev -type f -perm -002
Running ``find /`` isn't recommended on systems without LVM storage for
containers since it will eventually search through the filesystems of the LXC
containers that are deployed by openstack-ansible. The ``-xdev`` option
prevents ``find`` from wandering into other mounted filesystems and will
prevent it from searching through containers in logical volumes.