On Monday, January 20, 2020 10:04:24 AM EST Leam Hall wrote:
On 1/20/20 9:37 AM, Steve Grubb wrote:
> On Monday, January 20, 2020 9:24:56 AM EST Leam Hall wrote:
>> If /etc/audit/auditd.conf encounters conflicting duplicate settings,
>> what happens? Takes the first, takes the last, or what? For example:
>>
>> space_left = 25
>> space_left = 100
>
> It overwrites the first value with the second one. You can also run:
>
> # service auditd state
>
> to see what the current value is if your audit daemon is somewhat recent.
>
> -Steve
Hey Steve, a follow up. Is the man page for auditd.conf wrong? My auditd
failed to start when giving space_left with a '%' sign.
Usually it writes the reason why in syslog. Does it say anything there?
-Steve