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1.126 OL08-00-010760

Information

All OL 8 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

GROUP ID: V-248644
RULE ID: SV-248644r991589

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 OL 8 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/23791

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-248644r991589_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010760, Vuln-ID|V-248644

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2727d641545622e8b7d6f83200f1f53a6b8e8d23764bbaf60dd82f675490a7d4