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V-282716CAT II — Medium severitySV-282716r1201128_rule

TOSS 5 must disable the ability of a user to restart the system from the login screen.

Rule version TOSS-05-000279 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

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.

Check

Verify TOSS 5 disables a user's ability to restart the system using the following command:

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the TOSS 5 default graphical user interface, Gnome Shell. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is not applicable.

$ grep -R disable-restart-buttons /etc/dconf/db/*

/etc/dconf/db/distro.d/20-authselect:disable-restart-buttons='true'

If the "disable-restart-button" setting is not set to "true", is missing or commented out from the dconf database files, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure TOSS 5 to disable a user's ability to restart the system.

Add or update the [org/gnome/settings-daemon/] section of the /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings" database file and add or update the following lines:

[org/gnome/login-screen] disable-restart-buttons='true'

Then update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282716
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-282716r1201128_rule
Check ID
C-87277r1201126_chk
Fix ID
F-87182r1201127_fix