RHEL 9 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-000031-GPOS-00012, SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258064r943016_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to initialize the tmux terminal multiplexer as each shell is called by adding the following to file "/etc/profile.d/tmux.sh":
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
parent=$(ps -o ppid= -p $$)
name=$(ps -o comm= -p $parent)
case "$name" in sshd|login) tmux ;; esac