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The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-816 GEN002760 SV-27297r1_rule ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3 Medium
Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.
STIG Date
Solaris 9 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2012-05-25

Details

Check Text ( C-28412r1_chk )
Check the auditing configuration of the system.
# grep flags /etc/security/audit_control
If the ad flag is not present, and either the -ad or +ad flags is not present, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24538r1_fix)
Edit /etc/security/audit_control and add "ad" to the flags list.
Load the new audit configuration.
# auditconfig -conf