How to use auditd to monitor users elevating privileges to the root account

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Issue

  • We need to setup audit logs to monitor in linux server who is switching to root on server
  • Configure Audit logs to find user elevated to the root account in Redhat Linux servers

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • auditd

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