On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:36 AM Steve Grubb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:46:54 AM EDT Paul Moore wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:39 AM Steve Grubb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The kernel cannot grow the backlog unbounded. If you do nothing, the > > > backlog is 64 - which is too small to really use. Otherwise, you set the > > > backlog to a finite number with the -b option. > > > > If one were to set the backlog limit to 0, it is effectively disabled > > allowing the backlog to grow without any restrictions placed on it by > > the audit subsystem. > > Then I'd say you asked for it. The cure is setting a number.
I wasn't commenting on if it was wise or not, that is going to depend on the goals of the admin. I just wanted to correct some bad information you provided so those reading the mailing list were not ill-informed. -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com -- Linux-audit mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
