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Check: GEN001060

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE: GEN001060 (in versions v1 r14 through v1 r10)

Title

The system must log successful and unsuccessful access to the root account. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If successful and unsuccessful logins and logouts are not monitored or recorded, access attempts cannot be tracked. Without this logging, it may be impossible to track unauthorized access to the system.

Check Content

Check the following log files to determine if access to the root account is being logged. Try to su - and enter an incorrect password. # more /var/adm/sulog If root login accounts are not being logged, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Troubleshoot the system logging configuration to provide for logging of root account login attempts.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-27154r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-11980

Group Title: GEN001060

Expert Comments

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000126	Specify the organization-defined event types (subset of the event types defined in AU-2a) along with the frequency of (or situation requiring logging for each identified event type.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AU-2	Audit Events