If the 'auditd' daemon is configured to use the 'augenrules' program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix '.rules' in the directory '/etc/audit/rules.d', in order to capture events that modify account changes: -w /etc/group -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/security/opasswd -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification If the 'auditd' daemon is configured to use the 'auditctl' utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following lines to '/etc/audit/audit.rules' file, in order to capture events that modify account changes: -w /etc/group -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification -w /etc/security/opasswd -p wa -k audit_rules_usergroup_modification

[yes/no]

In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy.