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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Tracking account lockouts and permission denied
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:25:39 -0400
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On Wednesday 01 October 2008 15:58:44 Starr-Renee Corbin wrote:
> Hello, I am using RHEL 4 and need /var/log/audit/audit.log to show =A0
> when an account is locked out

This is hardwired into the pam_talley2 code. As long as its in your login=
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config and audit is enabled, you should get it.

> and when a user is denied permission to=20
> security relevant files such as /etc/shadow.

In RHEL4, you can get accesses to /etc/shadow via watches, but not just t=
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denied because of permission. aureport --file --failed would find them fo=
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you.=20

You can also get all opens that failed due to permission denied. This wou=
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include more than /etc/shadow, though.=20

RHEL5 and current upstream kernels do not have this limitation and can re=
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the permission denied access to security relevant files.

-Steve