Unable to start audit daemon

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start the audit daemon with the following errors in /var/log/messages

    auditd[20989]: Error - audit support not in kernel
    auditd[20989]: Cannot open netlink audit socket
    auditd[20989]: The audit daemon is exiting.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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