The ESXi host must not suppress warnings that the local or remote shell sessions are enabled.

An XCCDF Rule

Details
Profiles

Description

Warnings that local or remote shell sessions are enabled alert administrators to activity they may not be aware of and need to investigate.

ID: SV-258777r933392_rule
Version: ESXI-80-000222
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters.

Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.

Click "Edit". Select the "UserVars.SuppressShellWarning" value and configure it to "0".
or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command:

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.SuppressShellWarning | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 0

The ESXi host must not suppress warnings that the local or remote shell sessions are enabled.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure