RHEL 10 must label all off-loaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-281105 | SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017 | RHEL-10-500045 | SV-281105r1166267_rule | 2026-03-11 | 1 |
Description
Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult.
When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224
ℹ️ Check
Verify the RHEL 10 audit daemon is configured to label all off-loaded audit logs with the following command:
$ sudo grep name_format /etc/audit/auditd.conf
name_format = hostname
If the "name_format" option is not "hostname", "fqd", or "numeric", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure RHEL 10 so that all off-loaded audit logs are labeled before sending them to the central log server.
Edit the "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" file and add or update the "name_format" option:
name_format = hostname
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart