RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /var/log/faillock.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218
- ID
- SV-258224r1014988_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-654250
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/var/log/faillock".
Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
-w /var/log/faillock -p wa -k logins