The Photon operating system must have sshd authentication logging enabled.

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mediumV-256484SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013PHTN-30-000007SV-256484r958406_rule2024-12-161

Description

Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to detect cyberattacks and ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by auditing connection activities. Shipping sshd authentication events to syslog allows organizations to use their log aggregators to correlate forensic activities among multiple systems.

ℹ️ Check

At the command line, run the following command: # grep "^authpriv" /etc/rsyslog.conf Expected result should be similar to the following: authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log If "authpriv" is not configured to be logged, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix

Navigate to and open: /etc/rsyslog.conf Add the following line: authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log Note: The path can be substituted for another suitable log destination. At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl restart rsyslog.service