Question & Answer
Question
auditbin: ** failed backend command /etc/auditcat -p -o /audit/trail -r /audit/bin1 |
Cause
Answer
....
/usr/sbin/audit shutdown
2) Check the /audit directory
- A separate file system is recommended
- Permissions should be 755
- Check the file system space with the 'df' command.
# /usr/sbin/audit shutdown
auditing reset
Expected:
auditing off
audit events:
audit objects:
# mv /audit/bin2 /audit/bin2.save
# mv /audit/trail /audit/trail.save
7) Restart the audit subsystem
Expected:
-r-------- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 14:28 auditb
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 14:28 bin1
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 14:23 bin1.save
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 5960 Dec 16 14:28 bin2
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 14:23 bin2.save
-r--r----- 1 root system 7951 Dec 16 14:28 trail
-rw-r----- 1 root system 2133034 Dec 16 14:23 trail.save
Expected:
auditing on
audit bin manager is process <PID>
audit events:
<...>
audit objects:
<...>
9) Restart the system
Tue Apr 7 11:04:27 CEST 2020
auditing reset
0513-044 The sshd Subsystem was requested to stop.
Error reporting has stopped.
Advanced Accounting has stopped...
Process accounting has stopped.
nfs_clean: Stopping NFS/NIS Daemons
....
audit bin manager is process <PID>
audit events:
<...>
audit objects:
<...>
total <...>
-rw------- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 11:06 auditb
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 11:06 bin1
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 11:02 bin1.sav
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 6885 Dec 16 11:11 bin2
-rw-rw---- 1 root system 0 Dec 16 11:02 bin2.sav
-rw------- 1 root system 13209614 Dec 16 11:06 trail
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Modified date:
25 May 2023
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