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XK0-004 · Question #38

A system administrator has set up third-party log aggregation agents across several cloud instances. The systems administrator wants to create a dashboard of failed SSH attempts and the usernames…

The correct answer is A. /var/log/audit/audit.log. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en- us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security_guide/sec-understanding_audit_log_files

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Question

A system administrator has set up third-party log aggregation agents across several cloud instances. The systems administrator wants to create a dashboard of failed SSH attempts and the usernames used. Which of the following files should be watched by the agents?

Options

  • A/var/log/audit/audit.log
  • B/var/log/kern.log
  • C/var/log/monitor
  • D/etc/rsyslog.conf

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    88% (43)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en- us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security_guide/sec-understanding_audit_log_files

Topics

#SSH logs#audit.log#log aggregation#failed authentication

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