Title

All SUSE operating system local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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.

Check Content

Verify SUSE operating system local interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned. Check for missing local interactive user home directories with the following command: > sudo pwck -r user 'smithj': directory '/home/smithj' does not exist Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users. If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command: > sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Assign home directories to all SUSE operating system local interactive users that currently do not have a home directory assigned. Assign a home directory to users via the usermod command: > sudo usermod -d /home/smithj smithj

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-217170r646728_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-217170

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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