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The macOS system must configure audit capacity warning.

Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-268468 APPL-15-001030 SV-268468r1034344_rule   Medium
Description
The audit service must be configured to notify the system administrator when the amount of free disk space remaining reaches an organization-defined value. This rule ensures that the system administrator is notified in advance that action is required to free up more disk space for audit logs. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022, SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134
STIG Date
Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2025-05-05

Details

Check Text (C-72498r1034342_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command:

/usr/bin/awk -F: '/^minfree/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control

If the result is not "25", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-72399r1034343_fix)
Configure the macOS system to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command:

/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/.*minfree.*/minfree:25/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s