AlmaLinux OS 9 systemd-journald service must be enabled.

STIG ID: ALMA-09-041490  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000269-GPOS-00103 |  Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-001665 |  Vulnerability Id: V-269428

Vulnerability Discussion

In the event of a system failure, AlmaLinux OS 9 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to system processes.

Check

Verify that "systemd-journald" is active with the following command:

$ systemctl status systemd-journald
systemd-journald.service - Journal Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journald.service; static)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-02-20 11:02:20 UTC; 14min ago

If the systemd-journald service is not active, this is a finding.

Fix

To enable the systemd-journald service, run the following command:

$ systemctl enable --now systemd-journald
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