rules.d on RHEL6

rules.d on RHEL6

[warron.french]

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It appears that this directory is not used at all on RHEL6.

I know I have mentioned this before; but it's true.  If I *move* my copy of
audit.rules from /etc/audit into the subdirectory rules.d and restart
audit; the audit.rules file is not recopied/regenerated or whatever by the
auditd.

This behavior is different from RHEL7; where if you delete the
/etc/audit/audit.rules file or move it to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules;
the auditd functions as I expect.


Can someone please correct my understanding?  Is the /etc/audit/rules.d
directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but is in RHEL7?
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Warron French

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Re: rules.d on RHEL6

[Bond Masuda]

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There is a different default setting between rhel6 and 7. See /etc/default/auditd I think has a parameter that controls the use of /etc/audit/rules.d.

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On Apr 12, 2017, 7:19 AM, at 7:19 AM, "warron.french" <warron.french@gmail.com> wrote:
>It appears that this directory is not used at all on RHEL6.
>
>I know I have mentioned this before; but it's true.  If I *move* my
>copy of
>audit.rules from /etc/audit into the subdirectory rules.d and restart
>audit; the audit.rules file is not recopied/regenerated or whatever by
>the
>auditd.
>
>This behavior is different from RHEL7; where if you delete the
>/etc/audit/audit.rules file or move it to
>/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules;
>the auditd functions as I expect.
>
>
>Can someone please correct my understanding?  Is the /etc/audit/rules.d
>directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but is in RHEL7?
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>Warron French
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Re: rules.d on RHEL6

[Simon Sekidde]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "warron.french" <warron.french@gmail.com>
> To: linux-audit@redhat.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:18:55 AM
> Subject: rules.d on RHEL6
> 
> It appears that this directory is not used at all on RHEL6.
> 
> I know I have mentioned this before; but it's true. If I move my copy of
> audit.rules from /etc/audit into the subdirectory rules.d and restart audit;
> the audit.rules file is not recopied/regenerated or whatever by the auditd.
> 
> This behavior is different from RHEL7; where if you delete the
> /etc/audit/audit.rules file or move it to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules;
> the auditd functions as I expect.
> 
> 
> Can someone please correct my understanding? Is the /etc/audit/rules.d
> directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but is in RHEL7?

Its usable but you have to run 

 # augenrules --load

Note that this will overwrite /etc/audit/audit.rules

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Re: rules.d on RHEL6

[Steve Grubb]

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:18:55 AM EDT warron.french wrote:
> It appears that this directory is not used at all on RHEL6.
> 
> I know I have mentioned this before; but it's true.  If I *move* my copy of
> audit.rules from /etc/audit into the subdirectory rules.d and restart
> audit; the audit.rules file is not recopied/regenerated or whatever by the
> auditd.
> 
> This behavior is different from RHEL7; where if you delete the
> /etc/audit/audit.rules file or move it to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules;
> the auditd functions as I expect.

This is mostly correct. The issue with RHEL 6 is that the augenrules program 
didn't exist when RHEL 6 was originally shipped. So, it would have been bad 
and unexpected for the behavior to suddenly change during an update to a 
shipped product. However, augenrules is useful and for anyone that wants to 
use it on RHEL 6 they may do so by opting in.

If you read the text in /etc/sysconfig/auditd you will see an explanation of 
how to enable augenrules.

-Steve

> Can someone please correct my understanding?  Is the /etc/audit/rules.d
> directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but is in RHEL7?
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> Warron French