Cron logging must be implemented.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003160-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003160-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003160-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Cron logging can be used to trace the successful or unsuccessful execution of cron jobs. It can also be used to spot intrusions into the use of the cron facility by unauthorized and malicious users. Permanent not a finding - crond (the cron daemon) is non-alterable C code, which is part of a much larger executable (busybox). cron logging is performed by default. There is no crond command parameter/switch to turn it off.

Description

Cron logging can be used to trace the successful or unsuccessful execution of cron jobs. It can also be used to spot intrusions into the use of the cron facility by unauthorized and malicious users. Permanent not a finding - crond (the cron daemon) is non-alterable C code, which is part of a much larger executable (busybox). cron logging is performed by default. There is no crond command parameter/switch to turn it off.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003160-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-GEN003160-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.