RHEL-10-500045 RHEL 10 must label all off-loaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.
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Maps to AU-3, AU-4(1) via CCI-000132, CCI-001851
Title
RHEL 10 must label all off-loaded audit logs before sending them to the central log server.
Control
Verify the RHEL 10 audit daemon is configured to label all off-loaded audit logs with the following command: $ sudo grep name_format /etc/audit/auditd.conf name_format = hostname If the "name_format" option is not "hostname", "fqd", or "numeric", or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Discussion
Enriched logging is needed to determine who, what, and when events occur on a system. Without this, determining root cause of an event will be much more difficult. When audit logs are not labeled before they are sent to a central log server, the audit data will not be able to be analyzed and tied back to the correct system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224
Related controls
CCI-000132, CCI-001851
Fix
Configure RHEL 10 so that all off-loaded audit logs are labeled before sending them to the central log server. Edit the "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" file and add or update the "name_format" option: name_format = hostname Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect: $ sudo service auditd restart