All SUSE operating system local interactive user accounts, upon creation, must be 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-217171r991589_rule
- Version
- SLES-12-010720
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the SUSE 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