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1.290 RHEL-09-412045

Information

RHEL 9 must log username information when unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

GROUP ID: V-258070
RULE ID: SV-258070r1045153

Without auditing of these events, it may be harder or impossible to identify what an attacker did after an attack.

Solution

Configure RHEL 9 to log username information when unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

Enable the feature using the following command:

$ sudo authselect enable-feature with-faillock

Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:

audit

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000044, Rule-ID|SV-258070r1045153_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-412045, Vuln-ID|V-258070

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1b1406c82f822dcdec34ecd89107236d3eb4ae16008ad5edbf0d3e170e495dce