openstack-ansible-security/doc/metadata/rhel6/V-38643.rst
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---id: V-38643 status: exception tag: file_perms ---

Searching for world-writable files on a host deployed with openstack-ansible can be very time consuming and it can create unnecessary 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:

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.