The operating system must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.

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The operating system must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51027	OL6-00-000145	SV-65233r1_rule		Medium

Description
Ensuring the "auditd" service is active ensures audit records generated by the kernel can be written to disk, or that appropriate actions will be taken if other obstacles exist.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-53467r1_chk )
Run the following command to determine the current status of the "auditd" service: # service auditd status If the service is enabled, it should return the following: auditd is running... If the service is not running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55833r1_fix)
The "auditd" service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk. The "auditd" service can be enabled with the following commands: # chkconfig auditd on # service auditd start