PHTN-40-000209 - The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.

Information

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

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Add or update the following line:

CREATE_HOME yes

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y26M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 STIG v2r3

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258872r991589_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000209, Vuln-ID|V-258872

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 167e30379bc24c5da1bacd3b1c856ea369615e3f01a063d5115324346f1c939e