My audit install script installs your rules file with the -e 2 uncommented so I will have to adjust the script to account for this.
Thanks Steve

David Flatley CISSP



Inactive hide details for Steve Grubb ---01/21/2010 04:50:38 PM---On Thursday 21 January 2010 04:29:04 pm David Flatley wrote: Steve Grubb ---01/21/2010 04:50:38 PM---On Thursday 21 January 2010 04:29:04 pm David Flatley wrote: > Auditd fails to start due to -D in th


From:

Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>

To:

linux-audit@redhat.com

Cc:

David Flatley/Burlington/IBM@IBMUS

Date:

01/21/2010 04:50 PM

Subject:

Re: How to learn the Message type?





On Thursday 21 January 2010 04:29:04 pm David Flatley wrote:
> Auditd fails to start due to -D in the /etc/audit/audit.rules file on
> two of my RHEL 5.3 systems.
> I am using Steve Grubb's STIG audit.rules file. Did I miss something with
> 5.3??

The very last command in that file puts the audit system in immutable mode -
meaning you cannot change the rules without rebooting. Comment out that line
if you want to let any changes into the audit system at any time.

-Steve