Ensure GNOME Display Manager is removed

LowLevel 2Automatedlinux

Description

The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a program that manages graphical display servers and handles graphical user logins.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

alt0() { command -v rpm >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: rpm not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'rpm -q gdm' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- 'package gdm is not installed' || { echo step1: missing 'package gdm is not installed'; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Run the following command to remove the gdm package # zypper remove gdm

Properties

Operating systems: sles-15
Tags: cis-convertedlinux
Reference: CIS SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Benchmark v2.0.1 - 1.8.1

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target linux --level 2