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V-256490CAT II — Medium severitySV-256490r958422_rule

The Photon operating system must have the auditd service running.

Rule version PHTN-30-000013 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Event outcomes can include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred). They also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150, SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000445-GPOS-00199, SRG-OS-000446-GPOS-00200, SRG-OS-000461-GPOS-00205, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00211, SRG-OS-000465-GPOS-00209, SRG-OS-000474-GPOS-00219, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220

Check

At the command line, run the following command:

# systemctl status auditd

If the service is not running, this is a finding.

Fix

At the command line, run the following commands:

# systemctl enable auditd
# systemctl start auditd

Identifiers

Group ID
V-256490
Group title
SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021
Rule ID
SV-256490r958422_rule
Check ID
C-60165r887142_chk
Fix ID
F-60108r887143_fix