# Auditbeat failed loading rules

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786 "2019-10-01T11:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786/1 "2019-10-01T11:19:23Z")

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Hello,

When I try to load the following rules I got from [https://github.com/bfuzzy1/auditd-attack](https://github.com/bfuzzy1/auditd-attack)

```
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp

```

I get errors and auditbeat doesn't start:

```
Oct 01 12:55:55 myserver auditbeat[15223]: 2019-10-01T12:55:55.895+0200 ERROR instance/beat.go:878 Exiting: 1 error: 1 error: failed to unpack the auditd config: 1 error: failed loading rules: 2 errors: at (audit_rules at auditbeat.yml):56: failed to interpret rule '-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp': failed to add syscall 'touch': unknown syscall 'touch' for arch i386; at (audit_rules at auditbeat.yml):57: failed to interpret rule '-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp': failed to add syscall 'touch': unknown syscall 'touch' for arch x86_64 accessing 'auditbeat.modules.0' (source:'/etc/auditbeat/auditbeat.yml')
Oct 01 12:55:55 myserver auditbeat[15223]: Exiting: 1 error: 1 error: failed to unpack the auditd config: 1 error: failed loading rules: 2 errors: at (audit_rules at auditbeat.yml):56: failed to interpret rule '-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp': failed to add syscall 'touch': unknown syscall 'touch' for arch i386; at (audit_rules at auditbeat.yml):57: failed to interpret rule '-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S touch -k T1099_Timestomp': failed to add syscall 'touch': unknown syscall 'touch' for arch x86_64 accessing 'auditbeat.modules.0' (source:'/etc/auditbeat/auditbeat.yml')

```

Not sure what's happening here. Disabled them for now.

Grtz

Willem

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**Author:** ![cwurm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cwurm/32/34882_2.png) [@cwurm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cwurm)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786/2 "2019-10-01T13:29:59Z")

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Hm, I don't think there is a `touch` syscall?

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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786/3 "2019-10-02T08:20:25Z")

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Created [https://github.com/bfuzzy1/auditd-attack/issues/2](https://github.com/bfuzzy1/auditd-attack/issues/2)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-failed-loading-rules/201786/4 "2019-10-23T08:29:53Z")

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