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From: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
To: Peter Moody <pmoody@google.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: explanation/translation of auditd exit codes
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:45:20 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1619055812.39091357.1367441120080.JavaMail.root@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALnj_=6CU_xEBsiD97+LjJ7onno0Jfdv93YANRA3UjeiRSka8g@mail.gmail.com>

ausearch -i at least translates them into their posix names....

checking out /usr/include/asm-generic/errno-base.h shows:

#define EEXIST          17      /* File exists */

But if you use -i it will do it correctly across arches, etc...

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> Isn't that just the return code of the syscall in question? Meaning, you'd
> need to look up the syscall in the relevant include file to see what -17
> meant. Maybe auparse already does this, I'm not sure.
> On May 1, 2013 12:10 PM, "Vaughn, Chad M" < chad.m.vaughn@lmco.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> Is there a listing somewhere that explains what various exit codes in auditd
> are?
> 
> For example, we are getting some exit=-17 entries in our logs, and we have
> narrowed it down to an init script that tries to create a directory that
> already exists.
> So, we are pretty sure exit=-17 means that a directory already exits.
> 
> It would be nice if we knew all codes and their translation, whether it be
> exit=-2, exit=-22, exit=-6, or exit=-17 and so on.
> 
> I have yet to find that explained anywhere. Any info would be greatly
> appreciated and would help us fine tune our audit.rules file.
> 
> Chad Vaughn
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-01 20:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-01 14:29 audit 2.3 released Steve Grubb
2013-05-01 19:05 ` explanation/translation of auditd exit codes Vaughn, Chad M
2013-05-01 19:15   ` Peter Moody
2013-05-01 20:45     ` Eric Paris [this message]
2013-05-01 20:52       ` Vaughn, Chad M
2013-05-01 20:16   ` Smith, Gary R
2013-05-05  9:43 ` audit.rules file [Was: audit 2.3 released] Laurent Bigonville
2013-05-05 13:32   ` Burn Alting
2013-05-06 13:17   ` Steve Grubb
2013-05-06 14:02     ` Laurent Bigonville

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