Successful and unsuccessful logins and logouts must be logged.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-27079	GEN000440	SV-765r2_rule		Medium

Description
Monitoring and recording successful and unsuccessful logins assists in tracking unauthorized access to the system. Without this logging, the ability to track unauthorized activity to specific user accounts may be diminished.

STIG	Date
UNIX SRG	2013-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-27993r1_chk )
Check the system logs for successful and unsuccessful logins. If these events are not present in the logs, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24352r1_fix)
Verify the login logs are handled correctly in the /etc/syslog.conf file. Verify the service startup scripts for syslog and utmp (if present) are enabled.