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 user accounts must be assigned a home directory upon creation.

DISA Rule

SV-230324r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230324

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010760

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 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

Check Contents

Verify all local interactive users on RHEL 8 are assigned a home directory upon creation with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i create_home /etc/login.defs

CREATE_HOME yes

If the value for "CREATE_HOME" parameter is not set to "yes", the line is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230324

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010760

Severity Override Guidance

Verify all local interactive users on RHEL 8 are assigned a home directory upon creation with the following command:

$ sudo grep -i create_home /etc/login.defs

CREATE_HOME yes

If the value for "CREATE_HOME" parameter is not set to "yes", the line is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2921

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