From: Steve <m6x@ornl.gov>
To: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com, Steve <mckinneysj@ornl.gov>
Subject: Re: auid bug
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:04:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44C4EFA3.7080706@ornl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44BF9F0D.5010204@hp.com>
> Are you sure you have pam_loginuid.so configured in the appropriate
> /etc/pam.d/* files, such as login and sshd?
I checked the login file and it matches yours, I am not using ssh on
this machine.
> I'm running the .41 kernel and the audit-1.2.4 tools and
> the auid is correct in the audit records on my system.
Most of the time, mine is correct as well. It seems to occur
sporadically. Usually, a reboot will fix the problem.
Steve
>> I am receiving audit events with an odd auid... I am not sure if this
>> is something wrong in the kernel or in audit. The auid I am receiving
>> is 4294967295 (the max value for an unsigned long). The other uid/gid
>> information is normal.
>>
>> I have seen this on all audit versions since audit-1.2.3, and noticed it
>> using the following kernels:
>>
>> 2.6.17-1.2293.2.2_FC6.lspp.38.i686
>> 2.6.17-1.2293.2.2_FC6.lspp.44.i686
>>
>> The first time I noticed this was after the filter_key patch I applied
>> to audit-1.2.3, but it may have nothing to do with that patch. I
>> mentioned it then:
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2006-June/msg00086.html
>>
>> There is an example record from the audit dispatcher there.
>>
>> These events are coming straight from the real-time audit dispatcher.
>>
>> Steve
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-24 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-20 14:08 auid bug Steve
2006-07-20 15:19 ` Linda Knippers
2006-07-20 19:44 ` auditd/auditctl SLED10 Lane Williams
2006-07-20 20:08 ` Linda Knippers
2006-07-21 12:14 ` Lane Williams
2006-07-21 14:31 ` Linda Knippers
2006-07-21 14:35 ` Marcus Meissner
2006-07-21 20:49 ` Lane Williams
2006-07-21 0:54 ` Klaus Weidner
2006-07-21 6:02 ` Marcus Meissner
2006-07-21 12:04 ` Lane Williams
2006-07-24 16:04 ` Steve [this message]
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