RHEL 10 must assign a home directory to all local interactive users in the "/etc/passwd" file.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-281177 | SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186 | RHEL-10-600180 | SV-281177r1184748_rule | 2026-03-11 | 1 |
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.
ℹ️ Check
Verify RHEL 10 interactive users have a home directory assigned with the following command:
$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd
nsauser:x:1000:1000:nsauser:/home/nsauser:/bin/bash
disauser:x:1001:1001:disauser:/home/disauser:/bin/bash
doduser:x:1002:1002:doduser:/home/doduser:/bin/bash
Inspect the output and verify that all interactive users (normally users with a user identifier [UID] greater than 1000) have a home directory defined.
If a user's home directory is not defined, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure RHEL 10 interactive users to have a home directory assigned in the "/etc/passwd" file.
Create and assign home directories to all local interactive users on RHEL 10 that do not have a home directory assigned.