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The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for the /var/log/wtmp file.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-234976r622137_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for the "/var/log/wtmp" file. 

Add or update the following rules to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-w /var/log/wtmp -p wa -k login_mod