Auditd service failing with the error "Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)"

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Issue

  • Auditd Service Failing with "Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)"

    Nov 11 16:12:00 rhel.example.com auditd[2294]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Nov 11 16:12:00 rhel.example.com systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 11 16:12:00 rhel.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Audit

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