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The Photon operating system must configure auditd to log space limit problems to syslog.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-256529 PHTN-30-000057 SV-256529r887261_rule Medium
Description
If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide 2023-02-21

Details

Check Text ( C-60204r887259_chk )
At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^space_left " /etc/audit/auditd.conf

Expected result:

space_left = 75

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-60147r887260_fix)
Navigate to and open:

/etc/audit/auditd.conf

Ensure the "space_left" line is uncommented and set to the following:

space_left = 75

At the command line, run the following commands:

# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd