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