From: LC Bruzenak <lenny@magitekltd.com>
To: Linux Audit <linux-audit@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: user message limits
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:30:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1233156646.30154.113.camel@homeserver> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1233100868.30154.103.camel@homeserver>
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 18:01 -0600, LC Bruzenak wrote:
> I know I can go look at the code, however I figured I'd ask here first
> about the limits on the user message in both audit_log_user_message and
> ausearch.
>
> With audit_log_user_message the maximum length allowed appears to be
> around MAX_AUDIT_MESSAGE_LENGTH-100. I think it may depend on the
> executable name length (and other stuff auto-pushed into the string)
> which is why I say "around".
>
> Even when I get a successful return value (from audit_log_user_message),
> I don't get my string back out in "ausearch" unless it is WAY smaller -
> ~1K or less I think.
>
> Any ideas/thoughts?
>
> This is the latest (1.7.11-2) audit package.
>
> Thx,
> LCB.
>
And FWIW the raw and interpreted ausearch results can be slightly
different:
[root@v157 ~]# ausearch -r -a 26539
node=v157 type=TRUSTED_APP msg=audit(1233155663.335:26539): user
pid=14134 uid=500 auid=500 ses=17
subj=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 msg='test mesg
111AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX: exe="/opt/jcdx/bin/audit-test" (hostname=?, addr=?, t'
[root@v157 ~]# ausearch -i -a 26539
----
node=v157 type=TRUSTED_APP msg=audit(01/28/2009 09:14:23.335:26539) :
user pid=14134 uid=lcb auid=lcb ses=17
subj=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 msg='test mesg
111AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX: exe=/opt/jcdx/bin/audit-test (hostname=?, addr=?,
LCB.
--
LC (Lenny) Bruzenak
lenny@magitekltd.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-28 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-28 0:01 user message limits LC Bruzenak
2009-01-28 15:30 ` LC Bruzenak [this message]
2009-01-28 17:15 ` Steve Grubb
2009-01-28 17:44 ` LC Bruzenak
2009-01-28 20:14 ` Steve Grubb
2009-01-28 20:30 ` LC Bruzenak
2009-01-28 21:04 ` LC Bruzenak
2009-01-28 23:37 ` Casey Schaufler
2009-01-28 23:52 ` LC Bruzenak
2009-01-29 0:36 ` Casey Schaufler
2009-01-29 6:57 ` James W. Hoeft
2009-01-30 4:49 ` Casey Schaufler
2013-09-17 14:48 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2013-09-17 18:10 ` Steve Grubb
2013-09-18 2:25 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2013-09-18 14:25 ` Steve Grubb
2013-09-18 15:10 ` spurious \n in session id helper [was: Re: user message limits] Richard Guy Briggs
2009-06-08 22:08 ` user message limits LC Bruzenak
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