The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239151	PHTN-67-000080	SV-239151r675261_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
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42362r675259_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # grep -i "^create_home" /etc/login.defs If there is no output or the output does not equal "CREATE_HOME yes", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42321r675260_fix)
Open /etc/login.defs with a text editor. Ensure that the following is present and any existing CREATE_HOME line is removed: CREATE_HOME yes