Re: Audit messages being disabled

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On 04/21/2010 11:11 PM, Robert Nichols wrote:
> Any ideas how I can track down what might be blocking the logging of
> audit messages to /var/log/audit/audit.log?  The last entry there
> is at 12:56:16 today, which is just as the system was coming up after
> a reboot (matches the timestamps for the never-used LOGIN entries in
> /var/run/utmp).  I do see these lines in /var/log/messages right
> afterward:
> 
>   Apr 21 12:56:26 omega-3a kernel: type=1305 audit(1271872586.681:17143): 
> auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 op="remove 
> rule" key=(null) list=4 res=0
readahead sets up auditing to watch all file opens on boot.  This allows
it to optimize it self on the next boot.  At a certain point during the
boot process readahead turns off the watch on open, and that is what you
are seeing.
> 
> Apr 21 12:56:26 omega-3a kernel: type=1305 audit(1271872586.681:17144): 
> audit_enabled=0 old=1 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 
> subj=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 res=1
> 
> Thereafter, there are "dbus: Can't send to audit system" messages.
> 
> The auditd service shows as running.  If I restart auditd, audit.log
> shows "auditd normal halt" and "auditd start" messages, and after that
> messages do get logged to audit.log.
> 
> I have no clue what might be setting audit_enabled=0 in the kernel,
> but that "remove rule" message just before makes me suspicious that
> it's SElinux related.
> 
Maybe, but I doubt it.



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