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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-217170 SLES-12-010710 SV-217170r646728_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 2022-09-13

Details

Check Text ( C-18398r646726_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 awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd

If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-18396r646727_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:

> sudo usermod -d /home/smithj smithj