update audit to version : audit-0:4.1.2-2.fc43.x86_64 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.have f43 base install 2.dnf upgrade to version audit-0:4.1.2-2.fc43.x86_64 Actual Results: [297/805] Upgrading sudo-python-plugin- 100% | 5.5 MiB/s | 100.9 KiB | 00m00s [298/805] Upgrading audit-0:4.1.2-2.fc4 100% | 11.2 KiB/s | 507.7 KiB | 00m45s >>> Running %post scriptlet: audit-0:4.1.2-2.fc43.x86_64 >>> Finished %post scriptlet: audit-0:4.1.2-2.fc43.x86_64 >>> Scriptlet output: >>> Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of auditd.serv >>> Job for auditd.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. >>> See "systemctl status auditd.service" and "journalctl -xeu auditd.service" f >>> [299/805] Upgrading samba-client-2:4.23 100% | 24.8 MiB/s | 2.5 MiB | 00m00s [300/805] Installing kernel-0:6.17.7-30 100% | 5.5 KiB/s | 124.0 B | 00m00s [301/805] Upgrading libvirt-daemon-0:11 100% | 17.1 MiB/s | 737.5 KiB | 00m00s [302/805] Expected Results: no fail
after the update , auditd was running systemctl status auditd shows no issues journalctl -- Boot 339e5c4d610f4336b6b2cdf16e2abd61 -- Nov 05 06:33:37 fedora systemd[1]: Starting auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service... Nov 05 06:33:37 fedora auditd[692]: No plugins found, not dispatching events Nov 05 06:33:37 fedora auditd[692]: Init complete, auditd 4.1.1 listening for events (startup state enable) Nov 05 06:33:37 fedora systemd[1]: Started auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service. Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora auditd[692]: The audit daemon is exiting. Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Deactivated successfully. Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora systemd[1]: Starting auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service... Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora auditd[6312]: No plugins found, not dispatching events Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora auditd[6312]: Init complete, auditd 4.1.2 listening for events (startup state enable) Nov 05 06:38:07 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Can't open PID file '/run/auditd.pid' (yet?) after start: No such file or directory Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora auditd[6312]: The audit daemon is exiting. Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service. Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: Starting auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service... Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora auditd[6450]: No plugins found, not dispatching events Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora auditd[6450]: Init complete, auditd 4.1.2 listening for events (startup state enable) Nov 05 06:38:52 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Can't open PID file '/run/auditd.pid' (yet?) after start: No such file or directory Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora auditd[6450]: The audit daemon is exiting. Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service. Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora systemd[1]: auditd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. Nov 05 06:39:37 fedora systemd[1]: Starting auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service... Nov 05 06:39:38 fedora auditd[9368]: No plugins found, not dispatching events Nov 05 06:39:38 fedora auditd[9368]: Init complete, auditd 4.1.2 listening for events (startup state enable) Nov 05 06:39:38 fedora systemd[1]: Started auditd.service - Security Audit Logging Service.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-1a9b66e130
It's because systemd was using the old units file which locates the pidfile in /run. Systemd loses track until new unit files are loaded.
Going to close this out. At this point everyone made the jump to the new audit and the next release won't change the pid file location with respect to the current release which avoids the problem.