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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: "write_logs = no" not working
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 08:34:59 -0500
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On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 20:38:51 -0600
Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a Banana Pi-based firewall system, which runs off a micro-SD
> card and sends all of its logs (including audit events) to a syslog
> server.
> 
> I have set "write_logs = no" in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, but the local
> log file is still being written.  (Commenting out the log_file line
> causes auditd to abort.)
> 
> What do I need to do to disable writing the local file?
> 
> (This is audit 2.6.5 on CentOS 7.)

There was a z-stream audit package shipped last week that fixes this. I
suspect it hasn't worked its way through Centos just yet. You can pick
up the srpm in koji if you're in a hurry.

-Steve