Why auditd starts with message "The audit system is in immutable mode, no rules loaded"?

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Issue

  • Auditd is starting in immutable mode -

~]# service auditd restart Stopping auditd: [OK] Error deleting rule (Operation not permitted) Starting auditd: [OK] The audit system is in immutable mode, no rules loaded

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • audit

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