Unable to start auditd service using systemctl command in RHEL7

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Issue

  • Command systemctl restart auditd fails with below error
[root@dhcp9-249 ~]# systemctl restart auditd
Failed to restart auditd.service: Operation refused, unit auditd.service may be requested by dependency only.
[root@dhcp9-249 ~]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • auditd

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