The system must not allow autologin capabilities from the GNOME desktop.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-216122	SOL-11.1-040410	SV-216122r603268_rule		High

Description
As automatic logins are a known security risk for other than "kiosk" types of systems, GNOME automatic login should be disabled in pam.conf.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-23

Details

Check Text ( C-17360r372748_chk )
Determine if autologin is enabled for the GNOME desktop. # egrep "auth|account" /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin | grep -vc ^# If the command returns other than "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-17358r372749_fix)
The root role is required. Modify the /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin file. # pfedit /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin Locate the lines: auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1 auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1 account sufficient pam_allow.so.1 Change the lines to read: #auth required pam_unix_cred.so.1 #auth sufficient pam_allow.so.1 #account sufficient pam_allow.so.1