The macOS system must set login grace time to 30.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If SSHD is enabled, it must be configured to wait only 30 seconds before timing out login attempts. NOTE: /etc/ssh/sshd_config will be automatically modified to its original state following any update or major upgrade to the operating system.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID: SV-268437r1034251_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001133
Updated: 16 days ago

Configure the macOS system to set Login Grace Time to 30 with the following command:

include_dir=$(/usr/bin/awk '/^Include/ {print $2}' /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /usr/bin/tr -d '*')

if [[ -z $include_dir ]]; then
  /usr/bin/sed -i.bk "1s/.*/Include \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config.d\/\*/" /etc/ssh/sshd_configfi

/usr/bin/grep -qxF 'logingracetime 30' "${include_dir}01-mscp-sshd.conf" 2>/dev/null || echo "logingracetime 30" >> "${include_dir}01-mscp-sshd.conf"

for file in $(ls ${include_dir}); do
  if [[ "$file" == "100-macos.conf" ]]; then
      continue
  fi
  if [[ "$file" == "01-mscp-sshd.conf" ]]; then
      break
  fi
  /bin/mv ${include_dir}${file} ${include_dir}20-${file}
done

The macOS system must set login grace time to 30.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure