OL 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-271833 | OL09-00-003002 | SV-271833r1092607_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 | |||
| Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-271833r1092607_chk)
Verify that OL 9 configures interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned with the following command:
$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd
smithk:x:1000:1000:smithk:/home/smithk:/bin/bash
scsaustin:x:1001:1001:scsaustin:/home/scsaustin:/bin/bash
djohnson:x:1002:1002:djohnson:/home/djohnson:/bin/bash
Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a user identifier [UID] greater that 1000) have a home directory defined.
If users home directory is not defined, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-75790r1092210_fix)
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on OL 9 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.