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Document SIGCONT usage for auditd
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RH-steve-grubb committed Jun 29, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ causes auditd to immediately rotate the logs. It will consult the max_log_file_a
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SIGUSR2
causes auditd to attempt to resume logging. This is usually needed after logging has been suspended.
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SIGCONT
causes auditd to dump a report of internal state to /var/run/auditd.state.

.SH FILES
.B /etc/audit/auditd.conf
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.B /etc/audit/rules.d/
- directory holding individual sets of rules to be compiled into one file by augenrules.
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.B /var/run/auditd.state
- report about internal state.

.SH NOTES
A boot param of audit=1 should be added to ensure that all processes that run before the audit daemon starts is marked as auditable by the kernel. Not doing that will make a few processes impossible to properly audit.
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