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Successful/unsuccessful modifications to the "lastlog" file in TOSS must generate an audit record.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Without generating audit records that are 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). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218

ID
SV-253039r991578_rule
Version
TOSS-04-031130
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful modifications to the "lastlog" file by adding or updating the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k logins

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.