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All interactive users must be assigned a home directory in the /etc/passwd file.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN001440-ESXI5-PNF GEN001440-ESXI5-PNF GEN001440-ESXI5-PNF_rule Low
Description
If users do not have a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files they own. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. All user home directories are by definition set to the root home directory (/).
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN001440-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.
Fix Text (F-GEN001440-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.