Why does usbguard.service stops intermittently ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The usbguard.service keep failing intermittently with AuditBackend=LinuxAudit

    # systemctl status usbguard.service
    ● usbguard.service - USBGuard daemon
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbguard.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2020-12-30 09:45:47 GMT; 34min ago
    Docs: man:usbguard-daemon(8)
    Process: 27618 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/usbguard-daemon -f -s -c /etc/usbguard/usbguard-daemon.conf -d (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
    Main PID: 26732
    
    Dec 30 09:45:47 node1.example.com systemd[1]: usbguard.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
    Dec 30 09:45:47 node1.example.com systemd[1]: usbguard.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Dec 30 09:45:47 node1.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start USBGuard daemon.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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