9.13 Check That Defined Home Directories Exist

Information

Users can be defined to have a home directory in /etc/passwd, even if the directory does not actually exist.

Solution

If any users' home directories do not exist, create them and make sure the respective user owns the directory.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/614

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-4d.

Plugin: Unix

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