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From: "Timothy R. Chavez" <tinytim@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Bypassing audit's file watches
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:59:12 -0500
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On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 10:58 -0400, Steve wrote:
> I have found that I can modify files that are being watched and audit 
> not catch it (ie. no events are dispatched).  When monitoring a file for 
> all system calls, I can:
> 
> echo "" > /file/to/watch
> 
> or
> 
> cat some_file > /file/to/watch
> 
> without generating audit events.  I assume this has to do with how the 
> kernel handles re-direction.  Is it possible to catch these modifications?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve

What are your rules?  You should catch these on open()
of /file/to/watch, right?

-tim