auditd doesn't log after installation

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

Situation

If you install auditd, it doesn't enable logging by default.

Resolution

1. Use the command 'auditctl -e1' each time you restart the server or auditd.

2. Put the '-e1' in the /etc/audit/audit.rules file and it will be persistent across boots like this:

# This file contains the auditctl rules that are loaded
# whenever the audit daemon is started via the initscripts.
# The rules are simply the parameters that would be passed
# to auditctl.

# First rule - delete all
-D

# Increase the buffers to survive stress events.
# Make this bigger for busy systems
-b 320

# Enable logging level 1
-e1

Cause

Logging is not enabled at level 1 by default when auditd is installed.

Additional Information

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