The macOS system must configure audit capacity warning.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-268468 | SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022 | APPL-15-001030 | SV-268468r1034344_rule | 2026-02-06 | 1 |
Description
The audit service must be configured to notify the system administrator when the amount of free disk space remaining reaches an organization-defined value.
This rule ensures that the system administrator is notified in advance that action is required to free up more disk space for audit logs.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022, SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134
ℹ️ Check
Verify the macOS system is configured to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command:
/usr/bin/awk -F: '/^minfree/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control
If the result is not "25", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure the macOS system to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command:
/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/.*minfree.*/minfree:25/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s