Rule version RHEL-09-652020 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17
The "rsyslog" service must be running to provide logging services, which are essential to system administration.
Verify that "rsyslog" is active with the following command:
$ systemctl is-active rsyslog
active
If the rsyslog service is not active, this is a finding.
To enable the rsyslog service, run the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now rsyslog