RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface autorun function.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-258017r926038_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the GNOME desktop to not allow a user to change the setting that disables autorun on removable media.
Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:
/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/autorun-never