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1.162 OL09-00-000855

Information

OL 9 must be configured to offload audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.

GROUP ID: V-271597
RULE ID: SV-271597r1092586

The auditd service does not include the ability to send audit records to a centralized server for management directly. However, it can use a plug-in for audit event multiplexor (audispd) to pass audit records to the local syslog server.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

Solution

Configure OL 9 to offload audit records onto a different system from the system being audited via syslog.

Edit the /etc/audit/plugins.d/syslog.conf file and add or update the "active" option:

active = yes

The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.

Restart auditd:

$ sudo service auditd restart

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-271597r1092586_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000855, Vuln-ID|V-271597

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9f4f685dbd1270a239c7d6b16bbd436fbb12614b57b5e73b7d3f7884c4b99fc0