From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: audit_log_user_message question
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:01:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805271401.51319.sgrubb@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1211910963.6568.73.camel@homeserver>
On Tuesday 27 May 2008 13:56:03 LC Bruzenak wrote:
> In looking at the user application audit I'm wondering why there is a
> "hostname" field there?
So that apps like sshd can say where the user is coming from.
> I understand the obvious answer but would think I'd trust the auditd or
> audispd more than an application for the hostname answer, and those
> would be consistent.
That's a different hostname. :)
The hostname field as used in audit_log_user_message would be a remote machine
name and not the local address. Many apps do not need this field and should
pass NULL if unused.
-Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-27 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-27 17:56 audit_log_user_message question LC Bruzenak
2008-05-27 17:59 ` LC Bruzenak
2008-05-27 18:01 ` Steve Grubb [this message]
2008-05-27 18:06 ` LC Bruzenak
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