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All interactive users must be assigned a home directory in the /etc/passwd file.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-899 GEN001440 SV-37375r1_rule ECSC-1 Low
Description
If users do not have a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files they own.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2016-07-22

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-31306r1_fix)
Assign a home directory to any user without one.