RHEL-10-700780 - RHEL 10 must prevent a user from overriding the session lock-delay setting for the graphical user interface.

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A session timeout lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than relying on the user to manually lock their operating system session prior to vacating the vicinity, the GNOME desktop can be configured to identify when a user's session has idled and take action to initiate the session lock. Therefore, users should not be allowed to change session settings.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010, SRG-OS-000031-GPOS-00012

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to prevent a user from overriding settings for graphical user interfaces.

Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system. If the system is using another database in "/etc/dconf/profile/user", the file should be created under the appropriate subdirectory.

Update the "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session" file to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying the lock-delay setting:

$ sudo vi /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session

/org/gnome/desktop/screensaver/lock-delay

Run the following command to update the database:

$ sudo dconf update

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG v1r1

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7c0129a97ef3a1ccf46e04464ab96f7d4ec232bd09d1e61aaa20cbcacc1c194d

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RHEL-10-700780 - RHEL 10 must prevent a user from overriding the session lock-delay setting for the graphical user interface.

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