Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-215247 | AIX7-00-002023 | SV-215247r508663_rule | Medium |
Description |
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If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created. |
STIG | Date |
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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2022-06-06 |
Check Text ( C-16445r294192_chk ) |
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Check if /etc/rc contains the following line: /usr/sbin/audit start # grep "audit start" /etc/rc /usr/sbin/audit start If a result is not returned, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-16443r294193_fix) |
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To start auditing at system startup, add the following line to the /etc/rc file, just prior to the line reading dspmsg rc.cat 5 'Multi-user initialization completed': /usr/sbin/audit start Symmetrically add the '/usr/sbin/audit shutdown' command to /etc/rc.shutdown. |