Rule version RHEL-10-500630 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17
Misuse of the "poweroff" command may cause availability issues for the system.
Verify RHEL 10 is configured to audit the execution of the "poweroff" command with the following command:
$ sudo auditctl -l | grep poweroff -a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-poweroff
If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-poweroff
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart