STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 01 Apr 2026:

A separate file system must be used for SLEM 5 user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).

DISA Rule

SV-261278r1184371_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-261278

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

SLEM-05-231010

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Create a separate file system/partition for SLEM 5 nonprivileged local interactive user home directories.

Migrate the nonprivileged local interactive user home directories onto the separate file system/partition.

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Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for SLEM 5 nonprivileged local interactive users (those with a UID greater than 1000) home directories with the following command:

> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6, $7}' /etc/passwd
disauser 1002 /home/disauser /bin/bash
dosuser 1003 /home/dosuser /bin/bash
dosuser 1001 /home/dosuser /bin/bash

The output of the command will give the directory/partition that contains the home directories for the nonprivileged users on the system (in this example, /home) and user's shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as /bin/bash) are considered interactive users.

Check that a file system/partition has been created for the nonprivileged interactive users with the following command:

Note: The partition of /home is used in the example.

> grep /home /etc/fstab
UUID=c4e898dd-6cd9-4091-a733-9435e505957a /home btrfs defaults,subvol=@/home 0 0

If a separate entry for the file system/partition that contains the nonprivileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-261278

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLEM-05-231010

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for SLEM 5 nonprivileged local interactive users (those with a UID greater than 1000) home directories with the following command:

> awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6, $7}' /etc/passwd
disauser 1002 /home/disauser /bin/bash
dosuser 1003 /home/dosuser /bin/bash
dosuser 1001 /home/dosuser /bin/bash

The output of the command will give the directory/partition that contains the home directories for the nonprivileged users on the system (in this example, /home) and user's shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as /bin/bash) are considered interactive users.

Check that a file system/partition has been created for the nonprivileged interactive users with the following command:

Note: The partition of /home is used in the example.

> grep /home /etc/fstab
UUID=c4e898dd-6cd9-4091-a733-9435e505957a /home btrfs defaults,subvol=@/home 0 0

If a separate entry for the file system/partition that contains the nonprivileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5596