The macOS system must configure audit capacity warning.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-268468 | SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022 | APPL-15-001030 | SV-268468r1034344_rule | 2025-02-20 | 1 |
| Description |
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| The audit service must be configured to notify the system administrator when the amount of free disk space remaining reaches an organization-defined value. This rule ensures that the system administrator is notified in advance that action is required to free up more disk space for audit logs. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022, SRG-OS-000343-GPOS-00134 |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the macOS system is configured to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command: /usr/bin/awk -F: '/^minfree/{print $2}' /etc/security/audit_control If the result is not "25", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the macOS system to require a minimum of 25 percent free disk space for audit record storage with the following command: /usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/.*minfree.*/minfree:25/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s |