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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Cc: "Khoa V. Nguyen" <kelvestto@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: auditctl Question
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:57:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703220957.56397.sgrubb@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <502890.80597.qm@web55402.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 13:03, Khoa V. Nguyen wrote:
> I want to be able to audit failed access to /etc/inittab but I don't think
> the current auditctl features able to accomplish it.
>
> auditctl -a watch,always /etc/inittab -F success=no
>
> This would be a syntax error..but
>
> auditctl -a exit,always -w /etc/inittab -F success=no
>
>
> How can I do it?

It depends on the kernel you are running on. For 2.6.19 and higher, you'd just 
do:

auditctl -a exit,always -F perm=rwa -F path=/etc/inittab -F success=no

If you have an earlier kernel, you are limited to -S open -F success=no and 
you could limit its scope by using -F devmajor and devminor.

-Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-22 13:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-21 17:03 auditctl Question Khoa V. Nguyen
2007-03-22 13:57 ` Steve Grubb [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-31 17:14 New List Member: Intro & comments Clif Flynt
2006-07-31 20:05 ` SQLite Clarification Clif Flynt
2006-07-31 21:13   ` Steve Grubb
2006-08-02 20:49     ` auditctl question Lane Williams
2006-08-02 22:03       ` Steve Grubb
2006-08-02 22:15         ` Linda Knippers
2006-08-02 22:29           ` Steve Grubb
2006-08-03  0:22       ` Klaus Weidner
2006-08-03 13:00         ` Williams, P. Lane
2006-08-03 15:18           ` Klaus Weidner
2006-08-03 20:02             ` Williams, P. Lane
2006-08-03 20:29               ` Klaus Weidner
2006-08-03 21:06               ` Steve Grubb
2006-08-04  1:50                 ` Williams, P. Lane
2006-08-04 10:28                   ` Steve Grubb
2006-08-04 12:48                     ` Lane Williams

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