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The Ubuntu operating system must initiate session audits at system start-up.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

ID
SV-238299r991555_rule
Version
UBTU-20-010198
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the Ubuntu operating system to produce audit records at system startup.  
 
Edit the "/etc/default/grub" file and add "audit=1" to the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX" option. 
 
To update the grub config file, run: 
 
$ sudo update-grub