Oracle Solaris
TMA-SOLARIS-10.1
SN.1 Restrict access to suspend feature
MediumLevel 2Manual reviewsolaris
Description
Solaris 11 does not enable the suspend capability by default and now uses the poweradm command to suspend the system. Bear in mind that users with physical access to a system can simply remove power from the machine if they are truly motivated to take the system off-line, and granting the capability to use poweradm may be a more graceful way of allowing desktop users to ...
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
Perform the following to verify that the result is as recommended: # poweradm list | grep suspend suspend/suspend-enable current=false, smf=false
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Perform the following to implement the recommended state: # poweradm set suspend-enable=false # poweradm update
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- solarispermissions
- Reference
- CIS Oracle Solaris 11.4 Benchmark v1.1.0 - 10.1 SN.1 Restrict access to suspend feature