AIX must start audit at boot.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215247 | AIX7-00-002023 | SV-215247r991555_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| If auditing is enabled late in the start-up process, the actions of some start-up processes may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created. |
| STIG | Date |
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 |
Details
| Check Text (C-16445r294192_chk) |
| Check if /etc/rc contains the following line: /usr/sbin/audit start # grep "audit start" /etc/rc /usr/sbin/audit start If a result is not returned, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-16443r294193_fix) |
| To start auditing at system startup, add the following line to the /etc/rc file, just prior to the line reading dspmsg rc.cat 5 'Multi-user initialization completed': /usr/sbin/audit start Symmetrically add the '/usr/sbin/audit shutdown' command to /etc/rc.shutdown. |