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RHEL 9 systemd-journald service must be enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-257783 RHEL-09-211040 SV-257783r991562_rule Medium
Description
In the event of a system failure, RHEL 9 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to system processes.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61524r925334_chk )
Verify that "systemd-journald" is active with the following command:

$ systemctl is-active systemd-journald

active

If the systemd-journald service is not active, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61448r925335_fix)
To enable the systemd-journald service, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-journald