From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "warron.french" Subject: rules.d on RHEL6 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:18:55 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0968016975899050937==" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx03.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A878D78A26 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:18:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-f179.google.com (mail-qk0-f179.google.com [209.85.220.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2F948FAA9 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk0-f179.google.com with SMTP id p68so24315636qke.1 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:18:56 -0700 (PDT) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com --===============0968016975899050937== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113b086a78a994054cf8e3b4 --001a113b086a78a994054cf8e3b4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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? -------------------------- Warron French --001a113b086a78a994054cf8e3b4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It appears that this directory is not used = at all on RHEL6.

I know I have mentioned this before; but it&#= 39;s true.=C2=A0 If I move my copy of audit.rules from /etc/audit in= to 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 fil= e or move it to /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules; the auditd functions as I e= xpect.


Can someone please correct my understanding?=C2=A0 = Is the /etc/audit/rules.d directory not supposed to be usable in RHEL6; but= is in RHEL7?
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