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RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the banner-message-enable setting for the graphical user interface.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-258013r926026_rule
Severity
Medium
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the banner setting for graphical user interfaces. 

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

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