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-234991	SLES-15-040070	SV-234991r991589_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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-38179r619242_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: > awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $1 ":" $3}' /etc/passwd If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-38179r619242_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:

> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $1 ":" $3}' /etc/passwd

If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38142r619243_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