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RHEL 8 must ensure session control is automatically started at shell initialization.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. Red Hat endorses tmux as the recommended session controlling package. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009, SRG-OS-000030-GPOS-00011</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-230349r917920_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the operating system to initialize the tmux terminal multiplexer as each shell is called by adding the following lines to a custom.sh shell script in the /etc/profile.d/ directory:

if [ "$PS1" ]; then
parent=$(ps -o ppid= -p $$)
name=$(ps -o comm= -p $parent)
case "$name" in (sshd|login) tmux ;; esac