From: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com>
To: "McCarthy, John D." <John.McCarthy@gd-ais.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Viewing Auditd LOG format (RHEL 4 Workstation: 64bit Kernel 2.6.9-67)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:40:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <483C2B52.8060203@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BDC74807494BA2458E5CE2467036E276CC404C@ohdt01-mail01.ad.gd-ais.com>
McCarthy, John D. wrote:
>
>
> Is there a way to view/change the Auditd log format so when I view the
> logs they are more user friendly to read? I think the auditd.conf file
> format is FORMAT=RAW, is this the setting and if so can I change it so
> my logs are less complicated to read. The other log files (SYSTEM or
> SECURITY) are user easy enough to read; its just the auditd.log files
> are complicated.
The log_format option just lets you specify whether to log the records
or just send them to the audit dispatcher.
Have you tried using the ausearch or aureport commands to view the
logs? They provide a variety of display/summary options. I know
ausearch is in RHEL4 - not sure about aureport.
-- ljk
>
> Thank You
>
> John D. McCarthy
> Information Assurance Principal Engineer
> General Dynamics AIS
> 5200 Springfield Pike Suite 200
> Dayton, Ohio 45431-1289
> Phone: 937-476-2619
> Fax: 937-476-2542
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-27 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-27 14:43 Viewing Auditd LOG format (RHEL 4 Workstation: 64bit Kernel 2.6.9-67) McCarthy, John D.
2008-05-27 15:40 ` Linda Knippers [this message]
2008-05-27 15:43 ` Steve Grubb
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