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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Duplicate settings?
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:37:32 -0500
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On Monday, January 20, 2020 9:24:56 AM EST Leam Hall wrote:
> If /etc/audit/auditd.conf encounters conflicting duplicate settings,
> what happens? Takes the first, takes the last, or what? For example:
> 
> 	space_left = 25
> 	space_left = 100

It overwrites the first value with the second one. You can also run:

# service auditd state

to see what the current value is if your audit daemon is somewhat recent.

-Steve