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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: linux-audit@redhat.com, Alexander Viro <aviro@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Audit with path exception rule
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:47:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200707241548.00142.sgrubb@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <95470FF653FF324C8171194A81299CE01519EEA1@zrc2hxm2.corp.nortel.com>

On Monday 23 July 2007 11:25:22 am Ameel Kamboh wrote:
> I would like to audit the file system for anyone creating new files
> However I would like to exclude a directory from the watch list.
>
> Here is the sample I have:
>
> #3.     create/Remove any files
> -a exit,always -S creat  -F path!=/var/myApp   <--- line 21
> -a exit,always -S unlink -F path!=/var/myApp

I was hoping one of the kernel people was going to jump in with an answer 
here. I have a feeling that the kernel doesn't allow it. I think it would be 
trivial to patch the kernel to allow this and we should. The rule you are 
trying to express seems reasonable to me.

-Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-24 19:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-23 15:25 Audit with path exception rule Ameel Kamboh
2007-07-24 19:47 ` Steve Grubb [this message]
2007-08-14 19:12   ` Alexander Viro

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