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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Ensure System Log Files Have Correct Permissions

    The file permissions for all log files written by <code>rsyslog</code> should be set to 640, or more restrictive. These log files are determined by the second part of each Rule line in <code>/etc/r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • systemd-journald

    systemd-journald is a system service that collects and stores logging data. It creates and maintains structured, indexed journals based on logging information that is received from a variety of sou...
    Group
  • Verify Group Who Owns the system journal

    ' To properly set the group owner of /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp systemd-journal /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal
    '
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Owner on the system journal

    ' To properly set the owner of /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal 
    '
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions on the system journal

    To properly set the permissions of /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/journal/.*/system.journal
    Rule Medium Severity

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