The operating system must automatically audit account disabling actions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38536	RHEL-06-000176	SV-50337r1_rule		Low

Description
In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-06-10

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-43484r1_fix)
Add the following to "/etc/audit/audit.rules", in order to capture events that modify account changes: # audit_account_changes -w /etc/group -p wa -k audit_account_changes -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k audit_account_changes -w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k audit_account_changes -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k audit_account_changes -w /etc/security/opasswd -p wa -k audit_account_changes