auditd(1M)
NAME
auditd - audit daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/auditd
DESCRIPTION
The audit daemon controls the generation and location of
audit trail files. If auditing is desired, auditd reads the
audit_control(4) file to get a list of directories into
which audit files can be written and the percentage limit
for how much space to reserve on each filesystem before
changing to the next directory.
If auditd receives the signal SIGUSR1, the current audit
file is closed and another is opened. If SIGHUP is received,
the current audit trail is closed, the audit_control file
reread, and a new trail is opened. If SIGTERM is received,
the audit trail is closed and auditing is terminated. The
program audit(1M) sends these signals and is recommended for
this purpose.
Each time the audit daemon opens a new audit trail file, it
updates the file audit_data(4) to include the correct name.
Auditing Conditions
The audit daemon invokes the program audit_warn(1M) under
the following conditions with the indicated options:
audit_warn soft pathname
The file system upon which pathname resides has
exceeded the minimum free space limit defined in
audit_control(4). A new audit trail has been opened on
another file system.
audit_warn allsoft
All available file systems have been filled beyond the
minimum free space limit. A new audit trail has been
opened anyway.
audit_warn hard pathname
The file system upon which pathname resides has filled
or for some reason become unavailable. A new audit
trail has been opened on another file system.
audit_warn allhard count
All available file systems have been filled or for
some reason become unavailable. The audit daemon will
repeat this call to audit_warn every twenty seconds
until space becomes available. count is the number of
times that audit_warn has been called since the prob-
lem arose.
audit_warn ebusy
There is already an audit daemon running.
audit_warn tmpfile
The file /etc/security/audit/audit_tmp exists, indi-
cating a fatal error.
audit_warn nostart
The internal system audit condition is AUC_FCHDONE.
Auditing cannot be started without rebooting the sys-
tem.
audit_warn auditoff
The internal system audit condition has been changed
to not be AUC_AUDITING by someone other than the audit
daemon. This causes the audit daemon to exit.
audit_warn postsigterm
An error occurred during the orderly shutdown of the
auditing system.
audit_warn getacdir
There is a problem getting the directory list from
/etc/security/audit/audit_control.
The audit daemon will hang in a sleep loop until this
file is fixed.
FILES
/etc/security/audit/audit_control
/etc/security/audit/audit_data
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
audit(1M), audit_warn(1M), bsmconv(1M), praudit(1M), audi-
ton(2), auditsvc(2), audit.log(4), audit_control(4),
audit_data(4), attributes(5)
NOTES
The functionality described in this man page is available
only if the Basic Security Module (BSM) has been enabled.
See bsmconv(1M) for more information.
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