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V-256545

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.

Rule ID

SV-256545r991589_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

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

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep -i "^create_home" /etc/login.defs

If there is no output or the output does not equal "CREATE_HOME     yes", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Ensure the following is present and any existing "CREATE_HOME" line is removed:

CREATE_HOME     yes