Ensure all users' home directories exist

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Run the following script and verify no results are returned: #!/bin/bash grep -E -v '^(system-halt|sync|system-shutdown)' /etc/passwd | awk -F: '($7 != "'"$(which nologin)"'" && $7 != "/bin/false") { print $1 " " $6 }' | while read -r user dir; do if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then echo "The home directory ($dir) of user $user does not exist." fi done

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

If any users' home directories do not exist, create them and make sure the respective user owns the directory. Users without an assigned home directory should be removed or assigned a home directory as appropriate.