pmlogger daily does not honor PMLOGGER_LOCAL=1

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • pmlogger is configured to listen only localhost to reduce the number of open ports found Remote Scanning and in OS Configuration Audits
$ grep PMLOG /etc/sysconfig/pmlogger
PMLOGGER_LOCAL=1
  • Restart of pmloggger through systemd starts correctly listening on the localhost only
  • But after the daily cron pmlogger_daily it is listening again on all interfaces

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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