RHEL 10 must assign a home directory to all local interactive users in the "/etc/passwd" file.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-281177 | RHEL-10-600180 | SV-281177r1184748_rule | CCI-002385 | 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 | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-281177r1184748_chk)
Verify RHEL 10 interactive users have a home directory assigned with the following command:
$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd
nsauser:x:1000:1000:nsauser:/home/nsauser:/bin/bash
disauser:x:1001:1001:disauser:/home/disauser:/bin/bash
doduser:x:1002:1002:doduser:/home/doduser:/bin/bash
Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a user identifier [UID] greater than 1000) have a home directory defined.
If a user's home directory is not defined, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-85643r1166482_fix)
Configure RHEL 10 interactive users to have a home directory assigned in the "/etc/passwd" file.
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on RHEL 10 that do not have a home directory assigned.