V-248638

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.

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Verify local interactive users on OL 8 have a home directory assigned with the following command: 
 
$ sudo pwck -r 
 
user 'lp': directory '/var/spool/lpd' does not exist 
user 'news': directory '/var/spool/news' does not exist 
user 'uucp': directory '/var/spool/uucp' does not exist 
user 'www-data': directory '/var/www' 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.