The Photon operating system audit files and directories must have correct permissions.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-256522 | SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097 | PHTN-30-000047 | SV-256522r991557_rule | 2024-12-16 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Protecting audit information includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on audit information. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G" /etc/audit/auditd.conf If "auditd.conf" is not owned by root and group owned by root, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # chown root:root /etc/audit/auditd.conf |