RHEL 8 must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Providing users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthorized account use.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-230381r858726_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/postlogin".
Add the following line to the top of "/etc/pam.d/postlogin":
session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed