All RHEL 9 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258043	RHEL-09-411020	SV-258043r991589_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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-04

Details

Check Text (C-61784r926114_chk)

Verify all local interactive users on RHEL 9 are assigned a home directory upon creation with the following command:

$ 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-61708r926115_fix)

Configure RHEL 9 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