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GEN003660 - The system must log authentication informational data - rsyslog.conf

Information

Monitoring and recording successful and unsuccessful logins assists in tracking unauthorized access to the system.

NOTE: /etc/rsyslog.conf file is not found. Please ensure this matches policy.
NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Edit /etc/syslog.conf or /etc/rsyslog.conf and add local log destinations for 'authpriv.*', 'authpriv.debug' or 'authpriv.info'.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-2d., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000126, Group-ID|V-12004, Rule-ID|SV-37404r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003660, Vuln-ID|V-12004

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: efa6791f93ff54eef9b6f2add097e242ccee24c9c21d0bdcc98a3062fec2f625