The FTP daemon must be configured for logging or verbose mode.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-845	GEN004980	SV-40816r1_rule	ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3	Low

Description
The -l option allows basic logging of connections. The verbose (on HP) and the debug (on Solaris) allow logging of what files the FTP session transferred. This extra logging makes it possible to easily track which files are being transferred onto or from a system. If they are not configured, the only option for tracking is the audit files. The audit files are much harder to read. If auditing is not properly configured, then there would be no record at all of the file transfer transactions.

Description

The -l option allows basic logging of connections. The verbose (on HP) and the debug (on Solaris) allow logging of what files the FTP session transferred. This extra logging makes it possible to easily track which files are being transferred onto or from a system. If they are not configured, the only option for tracking is the audit files. The audit files are much harder to read. If auditing is not properly configured, then there would be no record at all of the file transfer transactions.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-12-31

Details

Check Text ( C-39540r1_chk )
Verify the FTP daemon is invoked with the -l option by SMF. # inetadm -l ftp \| grep in.ftpd If the exec name-value pair does not include the -l option for in.ftpd, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-34676r1_fix)
Add the -l option to the exec name-value pair used by SMF to invoke the FTP daemon. # inetadm -m ftp exec="/usr/sbin/in.ftpd [other options] -l" Refresh inetd. # svcadm refresh inetd