Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must enable the systemd-journald service.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must enable the systemd-journald service.

Description

Discussion Text

In the event of a system failure, RHEL 10 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and return to operations with least disruption to system processes.

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Objective

V-281096

Rule

SV-281096r1165643_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500000

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 enables the systemd-journald service with the following command:

$ systemctl is-active systemd-journald
active

If the systemd-journald service is not active, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to enable the systemd-journald service.

To enable the systemd-journald service, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-journald

STIG check 165 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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