Why the system shutdowns abruptly with security audit error?
Issue
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System shutdown with last logs showing below logs:
hostname auditd[56607]: Audit daemon is low on disk space for logging hostname auditd[56607]: The audit daemon is now halting the system -
The system fails to boot & shuts down automatically during the boot sequence, showing an error related to the Security Auditing Service:
[ *** ] A stop job is running for Security Auditing Service (1min / 1min 30s) -
Abrupt shutdown of the server.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- audit
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