The auditing system must not define a different auditing level for specific users.

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lowV-216035SRG-OS-000480SOL-11.1-010360SV-216035r959010_rule2026-02-193

Description

Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to an individual account.

ℹ️ Check

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this check applies. For each user on the system (not including root), check to see if special auditing flag configurations are set. # userattr audit_flags [username] If any flags are returned, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix

The root role is required. This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this action applies. For each user on the system, remove all special audit configuration flags. # usermod -K audit_flags= [username]