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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