➜ ~ journalctl -b -u auditd
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[837]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[837]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[874]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[874]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[940]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[940]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[958]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora auditd[958]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:03 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora auditd[992]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora auditd[992]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:21:04 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora auditd[4809]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora auditd[4809]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora auditd[4829]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora auditd[4829]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:53 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4830]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4830]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4831]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4831]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Starting Security Auditing Service...
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4832]: Could not open dir /var/log/audit (No such file or directory)
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora auditd[4832]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Stopped Security Auditing Service.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 10 07:29:54 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start Security Auditing Service.
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Thanks a lot, it worked !
I had tried removing the package and installing it again though, to no avail(giving the same error).
But dnf reinstall worked, why is it so?
Just out of curiosity.