Title

RHEL 9 must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon logon. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Users need to be aware of activity that occurs regarding their account. Providing users with information regarding the number of unsuccessful attempts that were made to login to their account allows the user to determine if any unauthorized activity has occurred and gives them an opportunity to notify administrators.

Check Content

Verify users are provided with feedback on when account accesses last occurred with the following command: $ sudo grep pam_lastlog /etc/pam.d/postlogin session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed If "pam_lastlog" is missing from "/etc/pam.d/postlogin" file, or the silent option is present, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 9 to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred by setting the required configuration options in "/etc/pam.d/postlogin". Add the following line to the top of "/etc/pam.d/postlogin": session required pam_lastlog.so showfailed

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-258076r926215_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-258076

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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