SLES-15-030770 - The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for the /var/log/wtmp file.

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Information

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for the '/var/log/wtmp' file.

Add or update the following rules to '/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules':

-w /var/log/wtmp -p wa -k login_mod

To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon

> sudo systemctl restart auditd.service

or issue the following command:

> sudo augenrules --load

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_15_V1R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-234976r622137_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-030770, Vuln-ID|V-234976

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6018f044eb1b302b9e60b61827c8d5ff6a5d4a158cd32c8438d7b26b36152370