All RHEL 9 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258051	RHEL-09-411060	SV-258051r991589_rule		Medium

Description
If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files they should own.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61792r926138_chk )
Verify that interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command: $ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd smithk:x:1000:1000:smithk:/home/smithk:/bin/bash scsaustin:x:1001:1001:scsaustin:/home/scsaustin:/bin/bash djohnson:x:1002:1002:djohnson:/home/djohnson:/bin/bash Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a user identifier (UID) greater that 1000) have a home directory defined. If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-61792r926138_chk )

Verify that interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command:

$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd

smithk:x:1000:1000:smithk:/home/smithk:/bin/bash
scsaustin:x:1001:1001:scsaustin:/home/scsaustin:/bin/bash
djohnson:x:1002:1002:djohnson:/home/djohnson:/bin/bash

Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a user identifier (UID) greater that 1000) have a home directory defined.

If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61716r926139_fix)
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on RHEL 9 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.