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NAME
       augenrules - a script that merges component audit rule files

SYNOPSIS
       augenrules [--check] [--load]

DESCRIPTION
       augenrules  is a script that merges all component audit rules files, found in the audit rules
       directory, /etc/audit/rules.d, placing the merged file in  /etc/audit/audit.rules.  Component
       audit  rule  files,  must end in .rules in order to be processed. All other files in /etc/au‐
       dit/rules.d are ignored.

       The files are concatenated in order, based on their natural sort (see -v option of ls(1)) and
       stripped of empty and comment (#) lines.

       The last processed -D directive without an option, if present, is always emitted as the first
       line in the resultant file. Those with an option are replicated in place.  The last processed
       -b directive, if present, is always emitted as the second line in the  resultant  file.   The
       last processed -f directive, if present, is always emitted as the third line in the resultant
       file.  The last processed -e directive, if present, is always emitted as the last line in the
       resultant file.

       The generated file is only copied to /etc/audit/audit.rules, if it differs.

OPTIONS
       --check
              test if rules have changed and need updating without overwriting audit.rules.

       --load load old or newly built rules into the kernel.


FILES
       /etc/audit/rules.d/ /etc/audit/audit.rules

SEE ALSO
       audit.rules(7), auditctl(8), auditd(8).

Red Hat                                       Apr 2013                                 AUGENRULES(8)