Why does auditd use 100% CPU after log rotation?
Issue
The auditd daemon uses high amount (100%) of CPU time after each log rotation, even though the internal log rotation of auditd was disabled by setting num_logs = 0 and max_log_file_action = IGNORE in /etc/audit/auditd.conf.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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