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V-269518

CAT II (Medium)

The rsyslog service on AlmaLinux OS 9 must be active.

Rule ID

SV-269518r1050401_rule

STIG

Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R6

CCIs

CCI-001851

Discussion

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

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Verify that "rsyslog" is active with the following command:

$ systemctl status rsyslog 
rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-03-04 10:10:08 UTC; 3h 20min ago

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

Fix Text

To enable the rsyslog service, run the following command:

$ systemctl enable --now rsyslog