All TOSS local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252960	TOSS-04-020200	SV-252960r824204_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
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56413r824202_chk )
Verify all local interactive users on TOSS are assigned a home directory upon creation with the following command: $ sudo grep -i create_home /etc/login.defs CREATE_HOME yes If the value for "CREATE_HOME" parameter is not set to "yes", the line is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56363r824203_fix)
Configure TOSS to assign home directories to all new local interactive users by setting the "CREATE_HOME" parameter in "/etc/login.defs" to "yes" as follows. CREATE_HOME yes