The system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>As automatic logins are a known security risk for other than "kiosk" types of systems, GNOME automatic login should be disabled in pam.conf.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-216359r603267_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The root role is required.
Modify the /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin file.
# pfedit /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin