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1.105 ALMA-09-014540

Information

All AlmaLinux OS 9 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

GROUP ID: V-269208
RULE ID: SV-269208r1050090

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.

Solution

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27039

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-269208r1050090_rule, STIG-ID|ALMA-09-014540, Vuln-ID|V-269208

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0472898ef0333f04196478f0a998806f8288b90a228187295d062afb23aca9e0