The Ubuntu operating system must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-238373r858539_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the Ubuntu operating system to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/login".
Add the following line to the top of "/etc/pam.d/login":
session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed