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V-282363CAT II — Medium severitySV-282363r1200069_rule

TOSS 5 must log username information when unsuccessful login attempts occur.

Rule version TOSS-05-000314 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

Without auditing these events, it may be harder or impossible to identify what an attacker did after an attack.

Check

Verify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file is configured to log username information when unsuccessful login attempts occur using the following command:

$ grep audit /etc/security/faillock.conf

audit

If the "audit" option is not set, is missing, or is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure TOSS 5 to log username information when unsuccessful login attempts occur.

Add or modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:

audit

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282363
Group title
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
Rule ID
SV-282363r1200069_rule
Check ID
C-86924r1200067_chk
Fix ID
F-86829r1200068_fix