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RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for the graphical user interface.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>A user who is at the console can reboot the system at the login screen. If restart or shutdown buttons are pressed at the login screen, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to reboot.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-258030r991589_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons 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