The input menu must not be shown in the login window.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51453	OSX8-00-00940	SV-65663r1_rule		Medium

Description
Input menu must not be shown in login window.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53793r1_chk )
To check if the input menu is available at the login window, run the following command: sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow showInputMenu If the setting is not "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56255r1_fix)
To disable the input menu at the login window, run the following command: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow showInputMenu -bool FALSE