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-234991 | SLES-15-040070 | SV-234991r991589_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 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-234991r991589_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:
> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $1 ":" $3}' /etc/passwd
If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-38142r619243_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