From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch]Fix the error in the output of "auditctl -s" when auditd
	is stoped
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:01:33 -0400
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On Thursday 07 August 2008 00:50:45 Chu Li wrote:
> =C2=A0 When auditd is stoped, "auditctl -s" will show "pid=3D0". I thin=
k it's not
> correct information. It's better to tell users "auditd not started".

At the moment, I don't want to change this behavior. In about a month, I =
think=20
we can make updates that change the external behavior. If you want, we ca=
n=20
document this better in man pages that audit pid of 0 means its not runni=
ng.

Thanks,
-Steve