The Photon operating system auditd service must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239145	PHTN-67-000074	SV-239145r675243_rule		Medium

Description
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42356r675241_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # auditctl -l | grep -E /etc/security/opasswd If any of these are not listed with a permissions filter of at least "w", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42315r675242_fix)
At the command line, execute the following command: # echo '-w /etc/security/opasswd -p wa -k opasswd' >> /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.STIG.rules # /sbin/augenrules --load