VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R5

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026 What changed in V1R5

The Photon operating system audit files and directories must have correct permissions.

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Photon operating system audit files and directories must have correct permissions.

Description

Discussion Text

Protecting audit information includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on audit information.

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Objective

V-256522

Rule

SV-256522r991557_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000047

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

At the command line, run the following command:

# stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G" /etc/audit/auditd.conf

If "auditd.conf" is not owned by root and group owned by root, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following command:

# chown root:root /etc/audit/auditd.conf

STIG check 45 of 113 in the VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS STIG checklist

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