STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

All RHEL 8 local interactive users must have a home directory assigned in the /etc/passwd file.

DISA Rule

SV-230320r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230320

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010720

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Assign home directories to all local interactive users on RHEL 8 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.

Check Contents

Verify local interactive users on RHEL 8 have a home directory assigned with the following command:

$ sudo pwck -r

user 'lp': directory '/var/spool/lpd' does not exist
user 'news': directory '/var/spool/news' does not exist
user 'uucp': directory '/var/spool/uucp' does not exist
user 'www-data': directory '/var/www' does not exist

Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users. If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command:

$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd

If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230320

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010720

Severity Override Guidance

Verify local interactive users on RHEL 8 have a home directory assigned with the following command:

$ sudo pwck -r

user 'lp': directory '/var/spool/lpd' does not exist
user 'news': directory '/var/spool/news' does not exist
user 'uucp': directory '/var/spool/uucp' does not exist
user 'www-data': directory '/var/www' does not exist

Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users. If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command:

$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd

If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

2921

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