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AlmaLinux OS 9 must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Users need to be aware of activity that occurs regarding their account. Providing users with information regarding the number of unsuccessful attempts that were made to login to their account allows the user to determine if any unauthorized activity has occurred and gives them an opportunity to notify administrators.

ID
SV-269294r1050176_rule
Version
ALMA-09-024220
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/postlogin". 

Add the following line to the top of "/etc/pam.d/postlogin":

session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed