The audit system must alert the System Administrator (SA) if there is any type of audit failure.

From Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000144

SV-60717r1_rule The audit system must alert the System Administrator (SA) if there is any type of audit failure.

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Proper alerts to system administrators and Information Assurance (IA) officials of audit failures ensure a timely response to critical system issues.

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The root role is required. This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this action applies. Add an audit_warn alias to /etc/mail/aliases that will forward to designated system administrator(s). # pfedit /etc/mail/aliases Insert a line in the form: audit_warn:user1,user2 Put the updated aliases file into service. # newaliases

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