Audit service is not starting, exiting with exit code 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • auditd.service is not stating, when started is exiting with exit code 6
auditd.service - Security Auditing Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-02-26 11:18:36 EST; 5s ago
     Docs: man:auditd(8)
           https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation
  Process: 17658 ExecStart=/sbin/auditd (code=exited, status=6)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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