Details

The DB2 Admin .profile file in Linux sets the environment variables and the settings for the user.

Solution

Add umask 022 to the .profile file.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-3(4)(d)

Source

• Tenable.com/audits