auditd.service fails to start with "Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)"

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Issue

  • auditd.service fails to start with the following error messages.
　Jun 18 14:27:43 hostname [err].[user] auditd[1037]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
　Jun 18 14:27:43 hostname [err].[daemon] systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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