Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

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

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

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

Description

Discussion Text

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

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Objective

V-216122

Rule

SV-216122r959010_rule

Severity

high

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040410

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

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.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

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

STIG check 91 of 214 in the Solaris 11 X86 STIG checklist

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