On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 11:36:38 PM EST Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai) wrote: > I am using RHEL7.6 version (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (Maipo)).
This distribution wants rules placed in /etc/audit/rules.d/ The audit package should have a file named README-rules that explains what is expected. -Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 4:03 AM > To: Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai) > <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Security audit rules > > On 2019-11-08 12:52, Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In one of the VM I find audit.rules defined under /etc/audit as well as > > /etc/audit/rules.d. > > > > What is the significance as well as difference between the files found in > > 2 places. > You haven't said what distro you are using. In more recent distros, the > rules in rules.d are used by augenrules to populate audit.rules, > overwriting them. > > Also please let me know what is the correct location where audit.rules > > need to be places. > Depends on your distro. > > > Vezhavendan K > > - RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]> > Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems Remote, Ottawa, > Red Hat Canada IRC: rgb, SunRaycer > Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635 > > > -- > Linux-audit mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit -- Linux-audit mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
