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OL 8 must ensure session control is automatically started at shell initialization.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009, SRG-OS-000030-GPOS-00011

ID
SV-248676r1015043_rule
Version
OL08-00-020041
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the operating system to initialize the tmux terminal multiplexer as each shell is called by adding the following lines to a custom.sh shell script in the /etc/profile.d/ directory:

if [ "$PS1" ]; then
	parent=$(ps -o ppid= -p $$)
	name=$(ps -o comm= -p $parent)
	case "$name" in (sshd|login) tmux ;; esac