Security audit rules

[Steve Grubb]

On Sunday, November 24, 2019 1:44:03 AM EST Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. 
(EXT - IN/Chennai) wrote:
> 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.

Nowhere. audit.rules is built by augenrules using the sorting method 
described in the man page for it. Again, there is a README-rules file that 
explains how this works. If you have specific things that you would like to 
add, then make a file for it and place it in /etc/audit/rules.d where it will 
get combined with other rule files. README-rules gives suggestions about how 
to name the file for predictable inclusion.

-Steve


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 10:39 PM
> To: linux-audit at redhat.com
> Cc: Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai)
> <vezhavendan.1.kadirvadivelu.ext at nokia.com>; Richard Guy Briggs
> <rgb at redhat.com> 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 <rgb at redhat.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 4:03 AM
> > To: Kadirvadivelu, Vezhavendan 1. (EXT - IN/Chennai)
> > <vezhavendan.1.kadirvadivelu.ext at nokia.com> Cc: linux-audit at redhat.com
> > 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
> > 
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