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V-261348

CAT II (Medium)

All SLEM 5 local interactive user accounts, upon creation, must be assigned a home directory.

Rule ID

SV-261348r996500_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

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 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 Text

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