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The Photon operating system must be configured so the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence is disabled on the command line.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

When the Ctrl-Alt-Del target is enabled, a locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed operating system environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of systems availability due to unintentional reboot.

ID
SV-256558r991589_rule
Version
PHTN-30-000089
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

At the command line, run the following command:

# systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target