Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must have the rsyslog service set to active.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must have the rsyslog service set to active.

Description

Discussion Text

The rsyslog service must be running to provide logging services, which are essential to system administration.

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Objective

V-280984

Rule

SV-280984r1165307_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-200641

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 rsyslog is active with the following command:

$ systemctl is-active rsyslog
active

If the rsyslog service is not active, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to enable the rsyslog service with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now rsyslog

STIG check 54 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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