Why the command "firewall-cmd --set-log-denied=<value>" isn't logging messages in /var/log/messages ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

I have configured firewalld to log all dropped packets as explained in this article but it's not working at all.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Firewalld service

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