From: Klaus Weidner <klaus@atsec.com>
To: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: watching files in selinuxfs
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:11:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060927221131.GA10199@w-m-p.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <451AF14C.9080908@hp.com>
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:46:52PM -0400, Linda Knippers wrote:
> Debora Velarde wrote:
> > # auditctl -a exit,always -S open -F inode=4
> > # auditctl -l
> > LIST_RULES: exit,always inode=4 (0x4) syscall=open
>
> I wonder what this is actually doing. An inode number without
> a file system isn't very interesting. Should this rule even
> be accepted?
Well, probably this is telling the audit system to audit access to all
inodes with the number 4 on any filesystem, and if that's not what you
want you need to be more specific...
Given the Unix philosophy of allowing admins to shoot themselves in the
foot, would a warning be appropriate?
-Klaus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-27 22:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-27 21:26 watching files in selinuxfs Debora Velarde
2006-09-27 21:46 ` Linda Knippers
2006-09-27 22:11 ` Klaus Weidner [this message]
2006-09-27 22:18 ` Linda Knippers
2006-09-28 1:59 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-09-28 15:33 ` Casey Schaufler
2006-09-28 13:34 ` Stephen Smalley
2006-09-28 18:39 ` Debora Velarde
2006-09-28 20:33 ` Steve Grubb
2006-09-28 20:42 ` Stephen Smalley
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