The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258872	PHTN-40-000209	SV-258872r933677_rule		Medium

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.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62612r933675_chk )
At the command line, run the following command to verify a home directory is created for all new user accounts: # grep '^CREATE_HOME' /etc/login.defs Example result: CREATE_HOME yes If the "CREATE_HOME" option is not set to "yes", is missing or commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62521r933676_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/login.defs Add or update the following line: CREATE_HOME yes