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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
System Settings
System Accounting with auditd
Configure auditd Data Retention
Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space
Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space
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Configure auditd space_left on Low Disk Space
Medium Severity
The
auditd
service can be configured to take an action when disk space is running low but prior to running out of space completely. Edit the file
/etc/audit/auditd.conf
. Add or modify the following line, substituting
SIZE_in_MB
appropriately:
space_left =
SIZE_in_MB
Set this value to the appropriate size in Megabytes cause the system to notify the user of an issue.