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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

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  • Include Local Events in Audit Logs

    To configure Audit daemon to include local events in Audit logs, set local_events to yes in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. This is the default setting.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable auditd Service

    The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk. The <code>auditd</code> service can be ena...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing

    The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings for comprehensive auditing, but a full description...
    Group
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via open_by_handle_at syscall - /etc/group

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/group file for all group and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rule...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via openat syscall - /etc/group

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/group file for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rule...
    Rule Medium Severity

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