The system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| high | V-216359 | SRG-OS-000480 | SOL-11.1-040410 | SV-216359r959010_rule | 2024-11-25 | 3 |
| Description |
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| As automatic logins are a known security risk for other than "kiosk" types of systems, GNOME automatic login should be disabled in pam.conf. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Determine if autologin is enabled for the GNOME desktop. # egrep "auth|account" /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin | grep -vc ^# If the command returns other than "0", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| 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 |