pmlogger daily does not honor PMLOGGER_LOCAL=1
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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