Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The audit system must produce records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The audit system must produce records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject associated with the event.

Description

Discussion Text

Enabling the audit system will produce records with accurate time stamps, source, user, and activity information. Without this information malicious activity cannot be accurately tracked.

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Objective

V-216246

Rule

SV-216246r986419_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-010040

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The Audit Configuration profile is required.

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone to be secured.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

Check the status of the audit system. It must be auditing.

# pfexec auditconfig -getcond

If this command does not report the following, this is a finding.

audit condition = auditing

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The Audit Control profile is required.

This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone to be secured.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this action applies.

If auditing has been disabled, it must be enabled with the following command:

# pfexec audit -s

STIG check 1 of 215 in the Solaris 11 SPARC STIG checklist

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