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V-29240

CAT II (Medium)

The audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.

Rule ID

SV-45300r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000126

Discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check Content

Check the system audit configuration to determine if file and directory deletions are audited.

# cat /etc/audit/audit.rules | grep -e "-a exit,always" | grep -i "rmdir"
If no results are returned, or the results do not contain "-S rmdir", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the audit.rules file and add the following line to enable auditing of deletions:
-a exit,always -S rmdir 

Restart the auditd service.
# rcauditd restart
          OR
# service auditd restart