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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: get_field_str() and interpret_field() bug with multi-word fields
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:16:08 -0400
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On Tuesday 12 August 2008 13:49:37 Jonathan Kelly wrote:
> When using the python auparse library to call AuParser.interpret_field(=
)
> on a multi-word field, only the first word in the field is returned.
> Using get_field_str() instead of interpret_field() yields the same
> output. =C2=A0I have verified that this issue exists in the C library, =
as
> well as the Python. =C2=A0I suspect that this may be an issue for multi=
-word
> fields in general, but have not noticed any other than 'op'.

I am going to expose the encoder in libaudit in the next release so that=20
fields that have spaces can be escaped such that the parser can handle it=
.=20
Since the next release or two will be going into RHEL5, any other changes=
 are=20
a non-starter.=20

-Steve