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The system must not be allowed to restart after a power failure.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51275 OSX8-00-01090 SV-65485r1_rule Medium
Description
The system must not be allowed to restart after a power failure.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53623r2_chk )
To check if the system is configured to restart automatically after a power loss, run the following command:

system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep "Automatic Restart On Power Loss" | awk '{ print $7 }' | sed 's/;//'

If the result is not "0", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56075r1_fix)
This is enforced using a configuration profile.