8.1.8 Collect Login and Logout Events - /var/log/faillog

Information

Monitor login and logout events. The parameters below track changes to files associated with login/logout events. The file /var/log/faillog tracks failed events from login. The file /var/log/lastlog maintain records of the last time a user successfully logged in. The file /var/log/tallylog maintains records of failures via the pam_tally2 module Monitoring login/logout events could provide a system administrator with information associated with brute force attacks against user logins.

Solution

Add the following lines to the /etc/audit/audit.rules file. -w /var/log/faillog -p wa -k logins-w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k logins-w /var/log/tallylog -p wa -k logins# Execute the following command to restart auditd# pkill -HUP -P 1 auditd

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/85

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12c.

Plugin: Unix

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