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UBTU-24-200040 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface automount function.
Information
A nonprivileged account is any operating system account with authorizations of a nonprivileged user.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Solution
Configure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS so the GNOME desktop does not allow a user to change the setting that disables automated mounting of removable media.Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:
/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open
Update the dconf system databases:
$ sudo dconf update
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_CAN_Ubuntu_24-04_LTS_V1R5_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS STIG v1r5
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-11b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000056, Rule-ID|SV-270679r1107295_rule, STIG-ID|UBTU-24-200040, Vuln-ID|V-270679
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: ae9628a7cc9ab1473a1e47e8ffb160ca0bad8dbb69829b779c3856ddae94d689