====== 4.1.16 Ensure system administrator actions (sudolog) are collected (Scored) ======
=====Profile Applicability=====  
<code>
Level 2 - Server 
Level 2 - Workstation
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=====Description=====
Monitor the ''sudo'' log file. If the system has been properly configured to disable the use of the ''su'' command and force all administrators to have to log in first and then use ''sudo'' to execute privileged commands, then all administrator commands will be logged to ''/var/log/sudo.log''. Any time a command is executed, an audit event will be triggered as the ''/var/log/sudo.log'' file will be opened for write and the executed administration command will be written to the log.
=====Rationale=====
Changes in ''/var/log/sudo.log'' indicate that an administrator has executed a command or the log file itself has been tampered with. Administrators will want to correlate the events written to the audit trail with the records written to ''/var/log/sudo.log'' to verify if unauthorized commands have been executed.
=====Audit===== 
Run the following command and verify output matches:
<Code:bash>
# grep actions /etc/audit/audit.rules 
-w /var/log/sudo.log -p wa -k actions
</Code>
=====Remediation===== 
Add the following lines to the ''/etc/audit/audit.rules'' file:
<Code:bash>
-w /var/log/sudo.log -p wa -k actions
</Code>
=====Notes=====
The system must be configured with ''su'' disabled (See Item 5.6 Ensure access to the su command is restricted) to force all command execution through ''sudo''. This will not be effective on the console, as administrators can log in as root.