auditctl command is throwing Error detecting machine type on Ubuntu 15.04
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| audit (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Adam Conrad | ||
Bug Description
---Problem Description---
auditctl is throwing Error detecting machine type error
---uname output---
Linux ubuntu 3.18.0-8-generic #9-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 5 22:52:15 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
Machine Type = P8
---Steps to Reproduce---
Install a Power VM LPAR with Ubuntu 15.04 ISO.
Then execute the below test scenarios on the same.
root@ubuntu:~# auditctl -A exit,always -S mkdir
Error detecting machine type
root@ubuntu:~# which auditctl
/sbin/auditctl
root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -S /sbin/auditctl
auditd: /sbin/auditctl
root@ubuntu:~# dpkg --list | grep auditd
ii auditd 1:2.3.7-1ubuntu1 ppc64el User space tools for security auditing
root@ubuntu:~# dpkg --list | grep libaudit
ii libaudit-common 1:2.3.7-1ubuntu1 all Dynamic library for security auditing - common files
ii libaudit1:ppc64el 1:2.3.7-1ubuntu1 ppc64el Dynamic library for security auditing
I found a discussion of the need for ppc64le support in audit in the archives for the linux-audit ml
https:/
The full changeset for the ppc64le support is in trunk upstream:
| tags: | added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-120254 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1504 |
| affects: | ubuntu → audit (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in audit (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Breno Leitão (breno-leitao) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in audit (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| assignee: | nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad) |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in audit (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote Comment bridged from LTC Bugzilla | #3 |
Canonical,
15.04 auditd package is at version 2.3.7. Is it possible to move auditctl to a version that contains this fix (2.4.1)?
Thanks,
Breno