AIX must start audit at boot.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215247 | SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095 | AIX7-00-002023 | SV-215247r991555_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Check if /etc/rc contains the following line: /usr/sbin/audit start # grep "audit start" /etc/rc /usr/sbin/audit start If a result is not returned, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| To start auditing at system startup, add the following line to the /etc/rc file, just prior to the line reading dspmsg rc.cat 5 'Multi-user initialization completed': /usr/sbin/audit start Symmetrically add the '/usr/sbin/audit shutdown' command to /etc/rc.shutdown. |