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Check: GEN001060

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN001060 (in version v1 r2)

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

Verify the system logs successful and unsuccessful access to the root account. If it does not, 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-12481r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-11980

Group Title: GEN001060

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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	Event Logging