STIGUI
V-280997CAT II — Medium severitySV-280997r1195387_rule

RHEL 10 must notify designated personnel if baseline configurations are changed in an unauthorized manner.

Rule version RHEL-10-200690 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "postfix" package provides the mail command required to allow sending email notifications of unauthorized configuration changes to designated personnel.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 is configured to allow sending email notifications.

Note: The "postfix" package provides the "mail" command that is used to send email messages.

Verify that the "postfix" package is installed on the system:

$ sudo dnf list --installed postfix Installed Packages postfix.x86_64 2:3.8.5-8.el10 @AppStream

If the "postfix" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to notify designated personnel if baseline configurations are changed in an unauthorized manner.

Install the postfix package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install postfix

Identifiers

Group ID
V-280997
Group title
SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022
Rule ID
SV-280997r1195387_rule
Check ID
C-85558r1195386_chk
Fix ID
F-85463r1165345_fix