RHEL 9 SSH daemon must display the date and time of the last successful account logon upon an SSH logon.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258009	RHEL-09-255165	SV-258009r926014_rule		Medium

Description
Providing users feedback on when account accesses last occurred facilitates user recognition and reporting of unauthorized account use.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61750r926012_chk )
Verify the SSH daemon provides users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred with the following command: $ sudo grep -ir printlast /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/* PrintLastLog yes If the "PrintLastLog" keyword is set to "no", the returned line is commented out, or no output is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61674r926013_fix)
Configure the SSH daemon to provide users with feedback on when account accesses last occurred. Add the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", or uncomment the line and set the value to "yes": PrintLastLog yes The SSH service must be restarted for changes to take effect: $ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service