How to use exclude directory or file

[Steve Grubb]

On Friday, May 11, 2018 8:01:41 AM EDT George Sarker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to exclude a directory and all of its sub-directories and
> contents from being audited.
> 
> I used this link https://access.redhat.com/solutions/416863
> 
> I generated this syntax :
> 
> -a never,exclude -F path=/root/test

Have you tried -a always,exclude -F path=/root/test  ?

-Steve

> However, I am still getting audits from scripts generating files within
> this path.
> 
> Can you suggest a proper configuration for excluding a directory along with
> its sub-directories and contents.
> 
> We are on RHEL 6.9 and currently our audit version is
> 
> : audit-2.4.5-3.el6.x86_64
> 
> Thanks for your support!
> 
> George Sarker.