A separate file system must be used for SLEM 5 user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-261278 | SLEM-05-231010 | SV-261278r996320_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-261278r996320_chk)
Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for SLEM 5 nonprivileged local interactive users (those with a UID greater than 1000) home directories with the following command:
> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6, $7}' /etc/passwd
adamsj 1002 /home/adamsj /bin/bash
jacksonm 1003 /home/jacksonm /bin/bash
smithj 1001 /home/smithj /bin/bash
The output of the command will give the directory/partition that contains the home directories for the nonprivileged users on the system (in this example, /home) and user's shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as /bin/bash) are considered interactive users.
Check that a file system/partition has been created for the nonprivileged interactive users with the following command:
Note: The partition of /home is used in the example.
> grep /home /etc/fstab
UUID=c4e898dd-6cd9-4091-a733-9435e505957a /home btrfs defaults,subvol=@/home 0 0
If a separate entry for the file system/partition that contains the nonprivileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-64915r995700_fix)
Create a separate file system/partition for SLEM 5 nonprivileged local interactive user home directories.
Migrate the nonprivileged local interactive user home directories onto the separate file system/partition.