Auditd stops loading consecutive rules when an error occurs

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Issue

  • Auditd stops loading consecutive rules when an error occurs:

    Mar  8 08:31:44 localhost auditd[43508]: Init complete, auditd 2.8.5 listening for events (startup state enable)
    Mar  8 08:31:44 localhost augenrules: /sbin/augenrules: No change
    Mar  8 08:31:44 localhost augenrules: Error sending add rule data request (No such file or directory)
    Mar  8 08:31:44 localhost augenrules: There was an error in line 68 of /etc/audit/audit.rules
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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