All SLEM 5 local interactive user accounts, upon creation, must be assigned a home directory.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-261348 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | SLEM-05-411010 | SV-261348r996500_rule | 2024-06-04 | 1 |
| Description |
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| 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 |
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| Verify all SLEM 5 local interactive users on the system are assigned a home directory upon creation with the following command: > grep -i create_home /etc/login.defs CREATE_HOME yes If the "CREATE_HOME" parameter is not set to "yes", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure SLEM 5 to assign home directories to all new local interactive users. Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/login.defs" file: CREATE_HOME yes |