All AlmaLinux OS 9 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269213 | ALMA-09-015090 | SV-269213r1050095_rule | CCI-000366 | 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 | |||
| Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-27 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · V1R6 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-269213r1050095_chk)
Verify that interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command:
$ awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $6}' /etc/passwd
simon /home/simon
test /home/test
testdupe /home/testdupe
Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a UID greater that 1000) have a home directory defined.
If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-73145r1049322_fix)
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on AlmaLinux OS 9 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.