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You might want to just get rid of auditd altogether; we had some
issues (that appear to be not altogether uncommon) with random
crashing due to auditd. Removal instructions:
http://www.eth0.us/auditd
That page is written specifically for cPanel users, but it applies to
anything. We've got so far as to write a Cfengine rule that
automatically kills auditd on our RHEL boxes.
Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, unix syzadmin wrote:
> Hi Thanks to all.
>
> The issue was with auditd daemon getting suspended when /var filesystem
> space threshold is reached.
>
> We have done the following:
>
>
> 1. Deleted all the old files in /var/log/audit.d folder.
>
> 2. Killed the auditd daemon.
>
> 3. Edited it configuration file to delete old files automatically when the
> threshold is reached.
>
> 4. Started the auditd daemon.
> Thanks & Regards,
> -GnanaShekar-
>
>
> On 7/19/06, Hoover Mark A AISC CONT <HooverMA@(protected)> wrote:
>>
>> > -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
>> > Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:23:27 +0530
>> > From: "unix syzadmin" <unixsyzadmin@(protected)>
>>
>> > We have a RHEL AS 3 Update 6 server. This server seems to
>> > hang everyday since a couple of days. I tried to login
>> > (using telnet/ssh) when the users reported the problem.
>> > After I type the username at the login prompt the system
>> > seems to hang.
>> > The only option for me would be to go to the lab and
>> > power-off and power-on.
>> >
>> > What could be the possible causes?. How do I find out the
>> > cause for the hang?. Please suggest.
>>
>> Are you using NFS mounted home directories? We have our /home directory
>> mounted to a network appliance. If for any reason your NFS mount becomes
>> "invalid" it'll cause logins to freze. We've fixed it by doing a
>> mount/umount on the directory.
>>
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