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* file watch and stat
@ 2006-10-02 19:16 Michael C Thompson
  2006-10-02 20:11 ` Amy Griffis
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael C Thompson @ 2006-10-02 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Audit

Hey all,

I'm trying to figure out why having a watch a on file is not generating 
a record when I stat said file.

Put a watch on a file, and do stat file.

No record... I'm not sure why this is happening, isn't getting such 
information considered security relevant?

Mike

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* Re: file watch and stat
  2006-10-02 19:16 file watch and stat Michael C Thompson
@ 2006-10-02 20:11 ` Amy Griffis
  2006-10-02 21:22   ` Michael C Thompson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Amy Griffis @ 2006-10-02 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-audit

Michael C Thompson wrote:  [Mon Oct 02 2006, 03:16:19PM EDT]
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out why having a watch a on file is not generating 
> a record when I stat said file.
> 
> Put a watch on a file, and do stat file.
> 
> No record... I'm not sure why this is happening, isn't getting such 
> information considered security relevant?

What is your audit rule?

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* Re: file watch and stat
  2006-10-02 20:11 ` Amy Griffis
@ 2006-10-02 21:22   ` Michael C Thompson
  2006-10-03 15:43     ` Amy Griffis
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael C Thompson @ 2006-10-02 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-audit

Amy Griffis wrote:
> Michael C Thompson wrote:  [Mon Oct 02 2006, 03:16:19PM EDT]
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out why having a watch a on file is not generating 
>> a record when I stat said file.
>>
>> Put a watch on a file, and do stat file.
>>
>> No record... I'm not sure why this is happening, isn't getting such 
>> information considered security relevant?
> 
> What is your audit rule?

auditctl -w /path/to/file

Mike

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* Re: file watch and stat
  2006-10-02 21:22   ` Michael C Thompson
@ 2006-10-03 15:43     ` Amy Griffis
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Amy Griffis @ 2006-10-03 15:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-audit

Michael C Thompson wrote:  [Mon Oct 02 2006, 05:22:17PM EDT]
> Amy Griffis wrote:
> >Michael C Thompson wrote:  [Mon Oct 02 2006, 03:16:19PM EDT]
> >>Hey all,
> >>
> >>I'm trying to figure out why having a watch a on file is not generating 
> >>a record when I stat said file.
> >>
> >>Put a watch on a file, and do stat file.
> >>
> >>No record... I'm not sure why this is happening, isn't getting such 
> >>information considered security relevant?
> >
> >What is your audit rule?
> 
> auditctl -w /path/to/file

You aren't seeing a record because stat is not included in any of the
syscall classes.  I believe it was omitted because it has a tendency
to fill up audit logs.

You can audit this event by specifying the syscall directly, e.g.

auditctl -a exit,always -S stat -F path=/path/to/file

Regards,
Amy

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