RHEL 8 must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon an SSH logon.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230382	RHEL-08-020350	SV-230382r858717_rule		Medium

Description
Providing users with feedback on when account accesses via SSH last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthorized account use.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-33051r858716_chk )
Verify SSH provides users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred with the following command: $ sudo grep -ir printlastlog /etc/ssh/sshd_config* PrintLastLog yes If the "PrintLastLog" keyword is set to "no", is missing, or is commented out, this is a finding. If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33026r567893_fix)
Configure SSH to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/sshd" or in the "sshd_config" file used by the system ("/etc/ssh/sshd_config" will be used in the example) (this file may be named differently or be in a different location if using a version of SSH that is provided by a third-party vendor). Modify the "PrintLastLog" line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" to match the following: PrintLastLog yes The SSH service must be restarted for changes to "sshd_config" to take effect.

Fix Text (F-33026r567893_fix)

Configure SSH to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/sshd" or in the "sshd_config" file used by the system ("/etc/ssh/sshd_config" will be used in the example) (this file may be named differently or be in a different location if using a version of SSH that is provided by a third-party vendor).

Modify the "PrintLastLog" line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" to match the following:

PrintLastLog yes

The SSH service must be restarted for changes to "sshd_config" to take effect.