That's clear on the rules. Thanks for that, but my question is where should I place the file called 'audit.rules'. It should be under '/etc/audit' or '/etc/audit/rules.d' or in both places.
Regards, Vezhavendan K -----Original Message----- From: Steve Grubb <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 10:39 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai) <[email protected]>; Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Security audit rules 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
