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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Auditing printing
Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 14:20:04 -0400
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On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 2:05:36 PM EDT warron.french wrote:
> I have a requirement to monitor two (2) things:
> 
> 1. Print to file
> 
> 2. Print to (printer) device
> 
> 
> What is the best approach for this?

Cups should be hardwired to audit.

# ldd /usr/sbin/cupsd | grep audit
	libaudit.so.1 => /lib64/libaudit.so.1 (0x00007f04f1cfa000)

It's been a long time since I looked at this.

-Steve

> I don't see a syscall that looks
> appropriate - but that doesn't mean there is not one.
> 
> Would I simply do an audit on the *lpr* command?  Or is it another command?
> 
> I need the ability to monitor printing to both file and device, *FROM*,
> linux shell as well as console or GUI.
> 
> Can someone advise me on how to accomplish this please?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> --------------------------
> Warron French