Rule version PHTN-30-000089 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31
When the Ctrl-Alt-Del target is enabled, a locally logged-on user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of a mixed operating system environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of systems availability due to unintentional reboot.
At the command line, run the following command:
# systemctl status ctrl-alt-del.target
Expected result:
ctrl-alt-del.target Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit ctrl-alt-del.target is masked.) Active: inactive (dead)
If the "ctrl-alt-del.target" is not "inactive" and "masked", this is a finding.
At the command line, run the following command:
# systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target