The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that all local interactive user accounts, upon creation, are assigned a home directory.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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.
- ID
- SV-204466r603261_rule
- Version
- RHEL-07-020610
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system 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