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RHEL-09-271025 - RHEL 9 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 the GNOME desktop to 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
Then update the dconf system databases:
$ sudo dconf update
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_9_V2R8_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG v2r8
Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-258015r1045086_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-271025, Vuln-ID|V-258015
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: a396789d10f17d7982aaf6fb0bba2cd1132d0605e8f96289ccbe4ec0944ecc8d