System audit logs must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN002680-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002680-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002680-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Failure to give ownership of system audit log files to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information. Permanent not a finding - Auditing is implemented by default. Auditing cannot be configured/implemented like a typical UNIX system. Auditing is turned on by default, as is logging. Syslog is the best way to ensure all access is logged. Access is limited to privileged roles only. In lockdown mode (required), only the vpxuser proxy has access.

Description

Failure to give ownership of system audit log files to root provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information. Permanent not a finding - Auditing is implemented by default. Auditing cannot be configured/implemented like a typical UNIX system. Auditing is turned on by default, as is logging. Syslog is the best way to ensure all access is logged. Access is limited to privileged roles only. In lockdown mode (required), only the vpxuser proxy has access.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN002680-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN002680-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.