RHEL 9 systemd-journald service must be enabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-257783 | RHEL-09-211040 | SV-257783r991562_rule | CCI-001665 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| In the event of a system failure, RHEL 9 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to system processes. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-257783r991562_chk)
Verify that "systemd-journald" is active with the following command:
$ systemctl is-active systemd-journald
active
If the systemd-journald service is not active, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61448r925335_fix)
To enable the systemd-journald service, run the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-journald