Duplicate settings?

[Steve Grubb]

On Monday, January 20, 2020 10:04:24 AM EST Leam Hall wrote:
> On 1/20/20 9:37 AM, Steve Grubb wrote:
> > On Monday, January 20, 2020 9:24:56 AM EST Leam Hall wrote:
> >> If /etc/audit/auditd.conf encounters conflicting duplicate settings,
> >> what happens? Takes the first, takes the last, or what? For example:
> >> 
> >> space_left = 25
> >> space_left = 100
> > 
> > It overwrites the first value with the second one. You can also run:
> > 
> > # service auditd state
> > 
> > to see what the current value is if your audit daemon is somewhat recent.
> > 
> > -Steve
> 
> Hey Steve, a follow up. Is the man page for auditd.conf wrong? My auditd
> failed to start when giving space_left with a '%' sign.

Usually it writes the reason why in syslog. Does it say anything there?

-Steve