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Auditing must be implemented.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-811 GEN002660 SV-38946r1_rule ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3 Medium
Description
Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to an individual account.
STIG Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-28347r1_chk )
Determine if auditing is enabled.
# /usr/sbin/audit query | head -1
If the response Auditing On is not returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32465r1_fix)
Use SMIT or command line to enable auditing on the system.
#audit start

Additionally, make sure auditing subsystem starts on system startup.
#mkitab -i cron "audit:2:once:/usr/sbin/audit start 2>&1 >
/dev/console"