The Photon operating system must configure auditd to log to disk.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256487 | PHTN-30-000010 | SV-256487r958412_rule | CCI-000130 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Without establishing what type of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Audit record content must be shipped to a central location, but it must also be logged locally. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000041-GPOS-00019 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-256487r958412_chk)
At the command line, run the following command:
# grep "^write_logs" /etc/audit/auditd.conf
Expected result:
write_logs = yes
If there is no output, this is not a finding.
If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-60105r887134_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/etc/audit/auditd.conf
Ensure the "write_logs" line is uncommented and set to the following:
write_logs = yes
At the command line, run the following command:
# killproc auditd -TERM
# systemctl start auditd