sealert (from setroubleshoot-server) in RHEL 7 fails with error: failed to connect to server: No such file or directory

Issue

• Executing sealert -l SOME_UUID always fails , e.g.:

  ~]# yum install setroubleshoot-server
      ...
  ~]# service auditd restart
      ...
  ~]# passwd --help >junk.txt
  ~]# journalctl | grep junk.txt.*sealert
  Aug 15 12:47:18 a72.example.com setroubleshoot[1731]: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/passwd from write access on the file /root/junk.txt. For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l f1d43e5a-5251-4ff3-8fc7-a4f477f52f97
  ~]# sealert -l f1d43e5a-5251-4ff3-8fc7-a4f477f52f97
  failed to connect to server: No such file or directory
  ~]# journalctl | grep /usr/bin/sealert
  Aug 15 12:48:59 a72.example.com /usr/bin/sealert[1782]: attempt to open server connection failed: No such file or directory