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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 11
System Settings
System Accounting with auditd
Enable auditd Service
Enable auditd Service
An XCCDF Rule
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Enable auditd Service
Medium Severity
The
auditd
service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk. The
auditd
service can be enabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable auditd.service