A separate file system must be used for SUSE operating system user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-235004 | SLES-15-040200 | SV-235004r1184485_rule | CCI-000366 | low |
| 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 Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-19 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-235004r1184485_chk)
Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for SUSE operating system nonprivileged local interactive user home directories.
Check the home directory assignment for all nonprivileged users (those with a UID greater than 1000) on the system with the following command:
> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6, $7}' /etc/passwd
disauser 1002 /home/disauser /bin/bash
doduser 1003 /home/doduser /bin/bash
doduser 1001 /home/doduser /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=333ada18 /home ext4 noatime,nobarrier,nodev 1 2
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-38155r1184484_fix)
Create a separate file system/partition for SUSE operating system nonprivileged local interactive user home directories.
Migrate the nonprivileged local interactive user home directories onto the separate file system/partition.