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1.407 OL09-00-003052

Information

OL 9 local interactive user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

GROUP ID: V-271846
RULE ID: SV-271846r1092250

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 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/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271846r1092250_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-003052, Vuln-ID|V-271846

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e1e8cac15b0e863ecc5611d4870f97b33aaf600a8c7c82e41e819d3b74bb677d