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1.109 SOL-11.1-040410

Information

The system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.

GROUP ID: V-216359
RULE ID: SV-216359r959010

As automatic logins are a known security risk for other than "kiosk" types of systems, GNOME automatic login should be disabled in pam.conf.

Solution

The root role is required.

Modify the /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin file.

# pfedit /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin

Locate the lines:

auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1
auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1
account sufficient pam_allow.so.1

Change the lines to read:

#auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1
#auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1
#account sufficient pam_allow.so.1

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216359r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040410, Vuln-ID|V-216359

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 98943d802e30c1b7b32cf65f1c772bb25685215ece39cbb20a6c2be55c99833e