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1.344 RHEL-10-700720

Information

RHEL 10 must not allow unattended or automatic login via the graphical user interface.

GROUP ID: V-281275RULE ID: SV-281275r1166777

Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 so that the GNOME desktop display manager disables automatic login.

Update the "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" file to disable automatic login to the GNOME desktop:

$ sudo vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf

[daemon]AutomaticLoginEnable=false

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281275r1166777_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-700720, Vuln-ID|V-281275

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 170f592c630d07c56a8795f2a0897dfe741bb4474d3294d31c26c4355bda0d80