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V-269188

CAT II (Medium)

AlmaLinux OS 9 must prevent a user from overriding the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence settings for the graphical user interface.

Rule ID

SV-269188r1184093_rule

STIG

Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R6

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

A locally logged-in user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Del, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot.

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Note: This requirement assumes the use of the AlmaLinux OS 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify that users cannot enable the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop with the following command:

$ grep logout /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/* 

/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout

If the output is not "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to disallow the user changing the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop.

Create a database to contain systemwide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) with the following command:

$ touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session

Add the following line to the session locks file to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying the Ctrl-Alt-Del setting:

/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/logout

Run the following command to update the database:

$ dconf update