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V-281171

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 10 must assign a home directory for local interactive user accounts upon creation.

Rule ID

SV-281171r1166465_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-002824

Discussion

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.

Check Content

Verify RHEL 10 assigns a home directory for local interactive user accounts upon creation with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i create_home /etc/login.defs
CREATE_HOME yes

If the value for "CREATE_HOME" parameter is not set to "yes", the line is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to assign home directories to all new local interactive users by setting the "CREATE_HOME" parameter in "/etc/login.defs" to "yes" as follows:

CREATE_HOME yes