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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Cc: "MAUPERTUIS, PHILIPPE" <philippe.maupertuis@equensworldline.com>
Subject: Re: Config_change events
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:07:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6165760.8hHFWGXKb8@x2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5F4EE10832231F4F921A255C1D954298251E24@DEERLM99EX7MSX.ww931.my-it-solutions.net>

On Monday, December 30, 2019 12:21:15 PM EST MAUPERTUIS, PHILIPPE wrote:
> When I issue a service auditd restart, I get the following events :
> [root@xxxxxxxx ~]# ausearch -k 10.5.5-modification-audit -ts recent
> --format raw node=xxxxxxxx type=CONFIG_CHANGE
> msg=audit(1577725960.912:8745):  auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
> op=remove_rule key="10.5.5-modification-audit" list=4 res=1AUID="unset"
> node=xxxxxxxx type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1577725960.947:8777): 
> auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 op=add_rule key="10.5.5-modification-audit"
> list=4 res=1AUID="unset"
> 
> How can I link this event to the daemon_start daemon_end events ?

The best way is by a time window. Did it occur within a second of the audit 
daemon starting or stopping?

> How can I trace the CONFIG_CHANGE events to a user action ?

You would have to place a watch on auditctl. In this particular case, auid 
and session are -1, which means a daemon did it.

> Are the Daemon_start and daemon_end events specifically linked to auditd ?

Yes.

-Steve

      reply	other threads:[~2020-01-04 21:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-30 17:21 Config_change events MAUPERTUIS, PHILIPPE
2020-01-04 21:07 ` Steve Grubb [this message]

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