From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Evans Subject: Why doesn't chown produce an event Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 11:13:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4638AA93.7050108@jhuapl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l42FDq2l031340 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 11:13:52 -0400 Received: from jhuapl.edu (pilot.jhuapl.edu [128.244.198.200]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l42FDp2v000774 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 11:13:52 -0400 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com Greetings, I have the following rule in audit.rules -a exit,always -S chmod -S chown -S lchown -S fchown -F success!-1 -F key=mod If I log in as a typical user and try "chown bob /etc/shadow" I don't get an event produced, however if I try "chmod 666 /etc/shadow" I do. What am I missing here? Thanks! Bob