RHEL 10 must assign a home directory to all local interactive users in the "/etc/passwd" file.

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mediumV-281177SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186RHEL-10-600180SV-281177r1184748_rule2026-03-111

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.