{"description": "\n\n\n\nIf the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>augenrules</tt>\nprogram to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the\nfollowing lines to a file with suffix <tt>.rules</tt> in the\ndirectory <tt>/etc/audit/rules.d</tt>:\n\n<pre>-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k actions</pre>\n\nIf the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>auditctl</tt>\nutility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following lines to\n<tt>/etc/audit/audit.rules</tt>:\n\n<pre>-w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k actions</pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>augenrules</tt>\nprogram to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the\nfollowing lines to a file with suffix <tt>.rules</tt> in the\ndirectory <tt>/etc/audit/rules.d</tt>:\n\n<pre>-w /etc/sudoers.d/ -p wa -k actions</pre>\n\nIf the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>auditctl</tt>\nutility to read audit rules during daemon startup, 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