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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Getting events on unix socket
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:51:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5598992.dAmjx71Ayh@x2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAnai+WP2i31j5Q=0=8oupN2v7ttX7-HzUD7xaTv5JRF-DOS9g@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 02:29:23 PM Satish Chandra Kilaru wrote:
> I would like to receive events on unix socket in binary format.
> There is already another program that is reading events from unix socket in
> string format. I created another config file as below...
>
> active = yes
> direction = out
> path = builtin_af_unix
> type = builtin
> args = 0640 /var/run/satish_events
> format = binary
> 
> In my test program I am reading events from the socket
> /var/run/satish_events
> Surprisingly I see events in string format as well as binary format.
> 
> Is it by design or a bug?

I'd have to check. I don't think it was intended to run more than one 
instance. What is better, though, is to write the plugin to just read stdin. 

-Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-30 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-29 18:29 Getting events on unix socket Satish Chandra Kilaru
2015-07-30 15:51 ` Steve Grubb [this message]
2015-07-30 15:58   ` Satish Chandra Kilaru

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