All SUSE operating system local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-77197	SLES-12-010710	SV-91893r1_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
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-27

Details

Check Text ( C-76801r1_chk )

Verify SUSE operating system local interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned. Check for missing local interactive user home directories with the following command: # sudo pwck -r user 'smithj': directory '/home/smithj' does not exist Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users. If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command: # sudo cut -d: -f 1,3 /etc/passwd | egrep ":[1-4][0-9]{2}$|:[0-9]{1,2}$" If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-83887r1_fix)
Assign home directories to all SUSE operating system local interactive users that currently do not have a home directory assigned. Assign a home directory to users via the usermod command: # usermod -d /home/smithj smithj