There is a different default setting between rhel6 and 7. See /etc/default/auditd I think has a parameter that controls the use of /etc/audit/rules.d.

Sent from my mobile phone, please excuse the brevity.

On Apr 12, 2017, at 7:19 AM, "warron.french" <warron.french@gmail.com> wrote:

It appears that this directory is not used at all on RHEL6.

I know I have mentioned this before; but it's true. If I move my copy of audit.rules from /etc/audit into the subdirectory rules.d and restart audit; the audit.rules file is not recopied/regenerated or whatever by the auditd.

This behavior is different from RHEL7; where if you delete the /etc/audit/audit.rules file or move it to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules; the auditd functions as I expect.

Can someone please correct my understanding? Is the /etc/audit/rules.d directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but is in RHEL7?
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