RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for the graphical user interface.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-258030	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	RHEL-09-271100	SV-258030r1045112_rule	2025-02-27	2

Description
A user who is at the console can reboot the system at the login screen. If restart or shutdown buttons are pressed at the login screen, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to reboot.

ℹ️ Check
Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. Verify RHEL 9 prevents a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for graphical user interfaces. $ gsettings writable org.gnome.login-screen disable-restart-buttons false If "disable-restart-buttons" is writable and the result is "true", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. Verify RHEL 9 prevents a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for graphical user interfaces. $ gsettings writable org.gnome.login-screen disable-restart-buttons false If "disable-restart-buttons" is writable and the result is "true", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for graphical user interfaces. Create a database to contain the systemwide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) with the following command: $ sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session Add the following line to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying it: /org/gnome/login-screen/disable-restart-buttons Run the following command to update the database: $ sudo dconf update

✔️ Fix

Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the disable-restart-buttons setting for graphical user interfaces. Create a database to contain the systemwide graphical user logon settings (if it does not already exist) with the following command: $ sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/session Add the following line to prevent nonprivileged users from modifying it: /org/gnome/login-screen/disable-restart-buttons Run the following command to update the database: $ sudo dconf update