Home directories (UNIX)

Module: Account Integrity

This check reports user accounts that do not have home directories and home directories that do not have correct user or group ownerships. Use the check's name list to exclude users that are not already excluded by the Users to check option.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Home directories

Message String ID and Category	Platform and Message Numeric ID	Message Title and Description	Additional Information
String ID: STKU_NOHOME Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5142)	Title: Home directory does not exist Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not exist. This is not consistent with the system configuration. This can also prevent account users from logging in. Either change each account in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or create a home directory for the account with the proper user and group ownership.	Severity: green-0 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_HOMEUID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5143)	Title: UID of home directory is incorrect Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not have the proper user ID (UID) ownership. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Unauthorized users can access these directories, and authorized users can be prevented from creating files in their home directories. Either change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or change the user ownership of the home directory to match the account's UID.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_HOMEGID Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5144)	Title: GID of home directory is incorrect Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not have the proper group ID (GID) ownership. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Unauthorized users can access these directories, and authorized users can be prevented from creating files in their home directories. Either change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or change the user ownership of the home directory to match the account's GID.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_HOMENOTDIR Category: ESM Administrative Information	UNIX (5145)	Title: Not a directory Description:The listed accounts have non-directory files specified as their home directories in /etc/passwd. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Authorized users can be prevented from logging in. You should change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account.	Severity: green-0 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NOHOME

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5142)

Title: Home directory does not exist

Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not exist. This is not consistent with the system configuration. This can also prevent account users from logging in. Either change each account in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or create a home directory for the account with the proper user and group ownership.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_HOMEUID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5143)

Title: UID of home directory is incorrect

Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not have the proper user ID (UID) ownership. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Unauthorized users can access these directories, and authorized users can be prevented from creating files in their home directories. Either change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or change the user ownership of the home directory to match the account's UID.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_HOMEGID

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5144)

Title: GID of home directory is incorrect

Description:The listed accounts have home directories that do not have the proper group ID (GID) ownership. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Unauthorized users can access these directories, and authorized users can be prevented from creating files in their home directories. Either change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account or change the user ownership of the home directory to match the account's GID.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_HOMENOTDIR

Category: ESM Administrative Information

UNIX (5145)

Title: Not a directory

Description:The listed accounts have non-directory files specified as their home directories in /etc/passwd. This is not consistent with the system configuration. Authorized users can be prevented from logging in. You should change each account entry in /etc/passwd to point to a valid directory that is owned by the account.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]