All SUSE operating system local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-217170 | SLES-12-010710 | SV-217170r991589_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 | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-217170r991589_chk)
Verify SUSE operating system local interactive users on the system have a home directory assigned.
Check for missing local interactive user home directories with the following command:
> sudo pwck -r
user 'smithj': directory '/home/smithj' does not exist
Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users. If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command:
> sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd
If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-18396r646727_fix)
Assign home directories to all SUSE operating system local interactive users that currently do not have a home directory assigned.
Assign a home directory to users via the usermod command:
> sudo usermod -d /home/smithj smithj