Audit daemon does not halt the system when the audit partition is full

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Audit daemon does not halt the system when the audit partition is full. The messages are logged:

    Audit daemon is low on disk space for logging
    The audit daemon is now halting the system
    

    however, the system continues to run.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7)
    • audit
    • SELinux enabled

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