{"description": "The process accounting service, <tt>psacct</tt>, works with programs\nincluding <tt>acct</tt> and <tt>ac</tt> to allow system administrators to view\nuser activity, such as commands issued by users of the system.\n\nThe <code>psacct</code> service can be enabled with the following command:\n<pre>$ sudo systemctl enable psacct.service</pre>", "rationale": "The <tt>psacct</tt> service can provide administrators a convenient\nview into some user activities. However, it should be noted that the auditing\nsystem and its audit records provide more authoritative and comprehensive\nrecords.", "severity": "low", "references": {"cis-csc": ["1", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "2", "3", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"], "cobit5": ["APO10.01", "APO10.03", "APO10.04", "APO10.05", "APO11.04", "BAI03.05", "BAI10.01", "BAI10.02", "BAI10.03", "BAI10.05", "DSS01.03", "DSS03.05", "DSS05.02", "DSS05.04", "DSS05.05", "DSS05.07", "DSS06.06", "MEA01.01", "MEA01.02", "MEA01.03", "MEA01.04", "MEA01.05", "MEA02.01"], "isa-62443-2009": ["4.3.2.6.7", "4.3.3.3.9", "4.3.3.5.1", "4.3.3.5.2", "4.3.3.5.3", "4.3.3.5.4", "4.3.3.5.5", "4.3.3.5.6", "4.3.3.5.7", "4.3.3.5.8", "4.3.3.6.1", "4.3.3.6.2", "4.3.3.6.3", "4.3.3.6.4", "4.3.3.6.5", "4.3.3.6.6", "4.3.3.6.7", "4.3.3.6.8", "4.3.3.6.9", "4.3.3.7.1", "4.3.3.7.2", "4.3.3.7.3", "4.3.3.7.4", "4.3.4.3.2", "4.3.4.3.3", "4.3.4.4.7", "4.4.2.1", "4.4.2.2", "4.4.2.4"], "isa-62443-2013": ["SR 1.1", "SR 1.10", "SR 1.11", "SR 1.12", "SR 1.13", "SR 1.2", "SR 1.3", "SR 1.4", "SR 1.5", "SR 1.6", "SR 1.7", "SR 1.8", "SR 1.9", "SR 2.1", "SR 2.10", "SR 2.11", "SR 2.12", "SR 2.2", "SR 2.3", "SR 2.4", "SR 2.5", "SR 2.6", "SR 2.7", "SR 2.8", "SR 2.9", "SR 6.1", "SR 6.2", "SR 7.6"], "iso27001-2013": ["A.12.1.2", "A.12.4.1", "A.12.4.2", "A.12.4.3", "A.12.4.4", "A.12.5.1", "A.12.6.2", "A.12.7.1", "A.14.2.2", "A.14.2.3", "A.14.2.4", "A.14.2.7", "A.15.2.1", "A.15.2.2", "A.9.1.2"], "nist": ["AU-12(a)", "CM-6(a)"], "nist-csf": ["DE.CM-1", "DE.CM-3", "DE.CM-7", "ID.SC-4", "PR.IP-1", "PR.PT-1", "PR.PT-3"]}, "control_references": {}, "components": [], "identifiers": {}, "ocil_clause": "the \"psacct\" is loaded and not masked", "ocil": "To check that the <code>psacct</code> service is disabled in system boot configuration,\nrun the following command:\n<pre>$ sudo systemctl is-enabled <code>psacct</code></pre>\nOutput should indicate the <code>psacct</code> service has either not been installed,\nor has been disabled at all runlevels, as shown in the example below:\n<pre>$ sudo systemctl is-enabled <code>psacct</code><br/> disabled</pre>\n\nRun the following command to verify <code>psacct</code> is not active (i.e. not running) through current runtime configuration:\n<pre>$ sudo systemctl is-active psacct</pre>\n\nIf the service is not running the command will return the following output:\n<pre>inactive</pre>\n\nThe service will also be masked, to check that the <code>psacct</code> is masked, run the following command:\n<pre>$ sudo systemctl show <code>psacct</code> | grep \"LoadState\\|UnitFileState\"</pre>\n\nIf the service is masked the command will return the following outputs:\n\n<pre>LoadState=masked</pre>\n\n<pre>UnitFileState=masked</pre>", "oval_external_content": null, "fixtext": "", "checktext": "", "vuldiscussion": "", "srg_requirement": "", "warnings": [], "conflicts": [], "requires": [], "policy_specific_content": {}, "platform": "system_with_kernel", "platforms": ["system_with_kernel"], "sce_metadata": {"check-import": "stdout", "platform": ["multi_platform_all"], "environment": "any", "filename": "service_psacct_enabled.sh", "relative_path": "ubuntu2204/checks/sce/service_psacct_enabled.sh"}, "inherited_platforms": [], "cpe_platform_names": ["system_with_kernel"], "inherited_cpe_platform_names": [], "bash_conditional": null, "fixes": {}, "title": "Enable Process Accounting (psacct)", "definition_location": "/aptdata/openscap/scap-security-guide/linux_os/guide/services/base/service_psacct_enabled/rule.yml", "template": {"name": "service_enabled", "vars": {"servicename": "psacct"}, "backends": {}}}