Check That Defined Home Directories Exist

MediumLevel 1Automatedsolaris

Description

Users can be defined to have a home directory in passwd(4), even if the directory does not actually exist. If the user's home directory does not exist, the user will be placed in "/" and will not be able to write any files or have local environment variables set. Audit: every account home directory must exist (uucp/nuucp are excluded as CIS notes).

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

command -v logins >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; out=$( { logins -xo | awk -F: '{print $1, $6}' | while read user home; do [ -d "$home" ] || echo "$user"; done | grep -Evx "uucp|nuucp" ; } 2>/dev/null ); [ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 20

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Correct or justify any items discovered in the Audit step. Determine if there exists any users whose home directories do not exist, and work with those users to determine the best course of action in accordance with site policy.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: solarisaccounts
Reference: CIS Oracle Solaris 11.4 Benchmark v1.1.0 - 9.3 Check That Defined Home Directories Exist

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target solaris