Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must enforce root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must enforce root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory.

Description

Discussion Text

The "/etc/audit/" directory contains files that ensure the proper auditing of command execution, privilege escalation, file manipulation, and more. Protection of this directory is critical for system security.

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Objective

V-281056

Rule

SV-281056r1165523_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-400195

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 enforces root ownership of the "/etc/audit/" directory with the following command:

$ sudo stat -c "%U %n" /etc/audit/
root /etc/audit/

If the "/etc/audit/" directory does not have an owner of "root", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 so that the "/etc/audit/" directory is owned by "root" with the following command:

$ sudo chown root /etc/audit/

STIG check 125 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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