#1065156 reportbug: auditd fails to start with empty /var

Package:
auditd
Source:
auditd
Description:
User space tools for security auditing
Submitter:
Felix Moessbauer
Date:
2025-06-30 11:21:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1065156#5
Date:
2024-03-01 09:53:49 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

when running with an initially empty /var partition, the auditd
currently fails to start as the log directory is not present.

The attached patch adds a tmpfiles dropin to let systemd create
the directory on boot. If the directory is already present,
this is a noop.

For details, please also see #945269

Best regards,
Felix Moessbauer
Siemens AG
#1065156#10
Date:
2025-06-30 11:19:05 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
audit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1065156@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> (supplier of updated audit package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:54:05 +0200
Source: audit
Architecture: source
Version: 1:4.0.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
Changed-By: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
Closes: 1065156
Changes:
 audit (1:4.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release
     - debian/patches/01-no-refusemanualstop.patch: Refreshed
     - d/p/0003-syslog-Fix-duplicate-libauparse-and-missing-libaudit.patch:
       Fix FTBFS in syslog plugin
   * debian/watch: Update the URL to use the github tags, the former page is
     not updated anymore
   * Install debianized auditd tmpfiles snippet (Closes: #1065156)
   * debian/auditd.install: Install auditd.cron.5 manpage
   * debian/libaudit1.symbols: Add newly exported symbols
   * debian/copyright: Update the FSF address to please lintian
   * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2 (no further changes)
   * debian/rules: Enable riscv processor support
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