Further to this, I've just found out that auditd is logging it seems every transaction that Oracle makes. I have found squillions of entries in the log file for the oracle user "orpmpxgi". Is there any way to quickly stop auditd logging for a particular user? Stopping that, may fix many of my problems. Cheers Brian Ross From: linux-audit-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brian Ross Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:04 AM To: Subject: I'd like to turn auditd off but... I have a client who is still running RHEL3. Over the last 12 months the auditd process has become steadily more and more intrusive and causing problems. I have attempted to turn it off but whenever I do so, suddenly SSH logins stop working. At the moment the only way I have to manage the auditd process is to regularly delete the 2+GB of log files it creates every 4 hours. Can anybody tell me how to turn it off without affecting other things? Cheers Brian Ross Brian Ross Technical Consultant ASG Group Limited Level 1 / 267 St Georges Tce. Perth, WA, 6000 Telephone +61 8 9420 5451 Mobile +61 0434 181 701 Facsimile +61 8 9420 5422 Brian.Ross@asggroup.com.au<mailto:DooWhan.Kweon@asggroup.com.au> http://www.asggroup.com.au/ [cid:image001.gif@01CBB23E.C8A47A50][cid:a481d55a-5674-4333-904b-fdf6e072879c] Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message is strictly confidential. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader is not the intended recipient, or the authorised agent thereof, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, use, distribution or copying of the within information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete all copies of the original message. P PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE YOU PRINT THIS E-MAIL