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AUDIT_CONTROL(4)					      AUDIT_CONTROL(4)

NAME
       audit_control - control information for system audit daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/security/audit_control

DESCRIPTION
       The  audit_control  file	 contains  audit  control  information used by
       auditd(1M). Each line consists of a title and a string, separated by  a
       colon.  There  are  no  restrictions on the order of lines in the file,
       although some lines must appear only once. A line beginning with `#' is
       a  comment.   A line can be continued with the use of the backslash (\)
       convention.  (See EXAMPLES.)

       Directory definition lines list the directories to be used when	creat‐
       ing  audit files, in the order in which they are to be used. The format
       of a directory line is:

       dir:directory-name

       directory-name is where the audit files	will  be  created.  Any	 valid
       writable directory can be specified.

       The following configuration is recommended:

       /etc/security/audit/server/files

       where  server  is  the  name  of	 a  central machine, since audit files
       belonging to different servers are usually stored in separate subdirec‐
       tories  of a single audit directory. The naming convention normally has
       server be a directory on	 a  server  machine,  and  all	clients	 mount
       /etc/security/audit/server  at  the  same  location in their local file
       systems. If the same server exports several different file systems  for
       auditing, their server names will, of course, be different.

       There  are several other ways for audit data to be arranged: some sites
       may have needs more in line with storing each host's audit data in sep‐
       arate  subdirectories.  The  audit  structure  used will depend on each
       individual site.

       The audit threshold line specifies the percentage of  free  space  that
       must  be	 present in the file system containing the current audit file.
       The format of the threshold line is:

       minfree:percentage

       where percentage is indicates the amount of  free  space	 required.  If
       free  space  falls  below  this	threshold, the audit daemon auditd(1M)
       invokes the shell script audit_warn(1M). If no threshold is  specified,
       the default is 0%.

       The  plugin  definition line selects a plugin to be loaded by the audit
       daemon for processing audit records.

       The format of a plugin line is:

	 plugin: keyword1=value1;keyword2=value2;

       The following keywords are defined:

       name
		The value is the pathname of the plugin. This specification is
		required.

       qsize
		The  value is the maximum number of records to queue for audit
		data sent to the plugin. If omitted, the current hiwater  mark
		(see the -getqctrl of auditconfig(1M)) is used. When this max‐
		imum is reached, auditd will either  block  or	discard	 data,
		depending on the audit policy cnt. See auditconfig(1M).

       p_*
		A  keyword  with the prefix p_ is passed to the plugin defined
		by  the	 value	associated  with  the  name  attribute.	 These
		attributes  are defined for each plugin. By convention, if the
		value associated with a plugin attribute is a list,  the  list
		items are separated with commas.

       If  pathname  is a relative path (it does not start with /) the library
       path will be taken as  relative	to  /usr/lib/security/$ISA.  The  $ISA
       token  is  replaced  by	an  implementation-defined directory name that
       defines the path relative to the auditd(1M) instruction	set  architec‐
       ture.

       See   audit_syslog(5)   for   the   attributes	expected  for  plugin:
       name=audit_syslog.so.

       No plugin specifier is required for generation of a binary  audit  log.
       However,	 to  set a queue size of other than the default, a plugin line
       with name=audit_binfile.so can  be  used	 as  described	in  audit_bin‐
       file(5).

       You must specify one or more plugins. (In the case of audit_binfile.so,
       use of dir: or plugin: suffices.)

       The audit flags line specifies the default  system  audit  value.  This
       value  is combined with the user audit value read from audit_user(4) to
       form a user's process preselection mask.

       The algorithm for obtaining the process preselection mask  is  as  fol‐
       lows:  the  audit  flags from the flags: line in the audit_control file
       are added to the flags from the always-audit field in the user's	 entry
       in  the	audit_user file. The flags from the never-audit field from the
       user's entry in the audit_user file are then subtracted from the total:

	 user's process preselection mask =
	    (flags: line + always audit flags) - never audit flags

       The format of a flags line is:

       flags:audit-flags

       where audit-flags specifies which event classes are to be audited.  The
       character  string  representation  of  audit-flags contains a series of
       flag names, each one identifying a single  audit	 class,	 separated  by
       commas.	A  name preceded by `−' means that the class should be audited
       for failure only; successful attempts are not audited. A name  preceded
       by `+' means that the class should be audited for success only; failing
       attempts are not audited. Without a prefix, the name indicates that the
       class  is  to  be  audited for both successes and failures. The special
       string all indicates that all events should be audited; −all  indicates
       that  all  failed  attempts  are to be audited, and +all all successful
       attempts. The prefixes ^, ^−, and ^+ turn off flags  specified  earlier
       in  the	string	(^−  and ^+ for failing and successful attempts, ^ for
       both). They are typically used to reset flags.

       The non-attributable flags line is similar to the flags line, but  this
       one  contain  the  audit	 flags	that define what classes of events are
       audited when an action cannot be attributed to  a  specific  user.  The
       format of a naflags line is:

       naflags:audit-flags

       The  flags  are separated by commas, with no spaces. See audit_class(4)
       for a list of the predefined audit classes. Note that the  classes  are
       configurable as also described in audit_class(4).

       A line can be continued by appending a backslash (\).

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Sample audit_control File for Specific Host

       The  following  is  a  sample  /etc/security/audit_control file for the
       machine eggplant.

       The file's contents identify server jedgar with two file	 systems  nor‐
       mally  used  for	 audit	data,  another	server, global, used only when
       jedgar fills up or breaks, and specifies that the warning script is run
       when  the  file	systems	 are  80%  filled.  It also specifies that all
       logins, administrative operations are to be  audited,  whether  or  not
       they  succeed. All failures except failures to access object attributes
       are to be audited.

	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar/eggplant
	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar.aux/eggplant
	 #
	 # Last-ditch audit file system when jedgar fills up.
	 #
	 dir: /etc/security/global/eggplant
	 minfree: 20
	 flags: lo,ad,-all,^-fm
	 naflags: lo,ad

       Example 2 Sample audit_control File for syslog and Local Storage

       Shown below is a sample /etc/security/audit_control file for syslog and
       local storage. For the binary log, the output is all lo and ad records,
       all failures of	class  fm  and	any  classes  specified	 by  means  of
       audit_user(4). For syslog output, all lo records are output, only fail‐
       ure ad records are output, and no fm records are output. The specifica‐
       tion for the plugin is given in two lines.

	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar/eggplant
	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar.aux/eggplant
	 #
	 # Last-ditch audit file system when jedgar fills up.
	 #
	 dir: /etc/security/global/eggplant
	 minfree: 20
	 flags: lo,ad,-fm
	 naflags: lo,ad
	 plugin: name=audit_syslog.so;p_flags=lo,+ad;\
	 qsize=512

       Example 3 Overriding the Default Queue Size

       Shown below is a sample /etc/security/audit_control file that overrides
       the default queue size for binary audit log file generation.

	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar/eggplant
	 dir: /etc/security/jedgar.aux/eggplant
	 #
	 # Last-ditch audit file system when jedgar fills up.
	 #
	 dir: /etc/security/global/eggplant
	 minfree: 20
	 flags: lo,ad,-fm
	 naflags: lo,ad
	 plugin: name=audit_binfile.so; qsize=256

FILES
       /etc/security/audit_control

       /etc/security/audit_warn

       /etc/security/audit/*/*/*

       /etc/security/audit_user

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
       │   ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │	ATTRIBUTE VALUE	  │
       ├─────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability  │ Obsolete Committed │
       └─────────────────────┴────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       audit(1M), audit_warn(1M), auditd(1M), bsmconv(1M),  audit(2),  getfau‐
       ditflags(3BSM),	   audit.log(4),     audit_class(4),	audit_user(4),
       attributes(5), audit_binfile(5), audit_syslog(5)

       Part VII, Solaris Auditing, in System  Administration  Guide:  Security
       Services

NOTES
       Use  of	the  plugin  configuration  line  to  include  audit_syslog.so
       requires that  /etc/syslog.conf	be  configured	for  audit  data.  See
       audit_syslog(5) for more details.

       Configuration  changes  do not affect audit sessions that are currently
       running, as the changes do not modify a process's preselection mask. To
       change  the  preselection  mask on a running process, use the -setpmask
       option of the auditconfig command (see auditconfig(1M)).	 If  the  user
       logs  out  and  logs  back  in,	the  new configuration changes will be
       reflected in the next audit session.

       This file is Obsolete and may be removed and replaced  with  equivalent
       functionality in a future release of Solaris.

				 Apr 16, 2009		      AUDIT_CONTROL(4)
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