Local logging must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51253	OSX8-00-01025	SV-65463r1_rule		Medium

Description
Local logging must be enabled.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53601r1_chk )
To check if the newsyslog daemon is disabled, run the following command: sudo defaults read /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.newsyslog Disabled If the result shows a "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56053r1_fix)
To ensure that the newsyslog daemon is not disabled, run the following command: sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.newsyslog Disabled -bool FALSE