All AlmaLinux OS 9 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-269213	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230	ALMA-09-015090	SV-269213r1050095_rule	2025-02-20	1

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.

ℹ️ Check
Verify that interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command: $ awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $6}' /etc/passwd simon /home/simon test /home/test testdupe /home/testdupe Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a UID greater that 1000) have a home directory defined. If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify that interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command: $ awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $6}' /etc/passwd simon /home/simon test /home/test testdupe /home/testdupe Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a UID greater that 1000) have a home directory defined. If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on AlmaLinux OS 9 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.