Ensure the audit configuration is loaded regardless of errors

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

alt0() { command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v tail >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: tail not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'grep -Ph -- '"'"'^\h*-c\b'"'"' /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules | tail -1' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- -c || { echo step1: missing -c; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output

compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Edit or create the file /etc/audit/rules.d/01-initialize.rules and add the line - c at the end of the file: Example: # printf '%s\n' "" "-c" >> /etc/audit/rules.d/01-initialize.rules Load audit rules Merge and load the rules into active configuration: # augenrules --load Check if reboot is required. # if [[ $(auditctl -s | grep "enabled") =~ "2" ]]; then printf "Reboot required to load rules\n"; fi

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

tmaegis scan --target linux --level 2