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NAME

auditrecord - display audit record formats

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/auditrecord [-d] [ [-a] | [-e string] | [-c class] |
[-i id] | [-p programname] | [-s systemcall] | [-h]]

DESCRIPTION

The auditrecord utility displays the event ID, audit class and selection
mask, and record format for audit record event types defined in
audit_event(5). You can use auditrecord to generate a list of all audit
record formats, or to select audit record formats based on event class,
event name, generating program name, system call name, or event ID.


There are two output formats. The default format is intended for display
in a terminal window; the optional HTML format is intended for viewing
with a web browser.


Tokens contained in square brackets ( [ ] ) are optional and might not be
present in every record.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-a

List all audit records.


-c class

List all audit records selected by class. class is one of the two-
character class codes from the file /etc/security/audit_class.


-d

Debug mode. Display number of audit records that are defined in
audit_event, the number of classes defined in audit_class, any
mismatches between the two files, and report which defined events do
not have format information available to auditrecord.


-e string

List all audit records for which the event ID label contains the
string string. The match is case insensitive.


-h

Generate the output in HTML format.


-i id

List the audit records having the numeric event ID id.


-p programname

List all audit records generated by the program programname, for
example, audit records generated by a user-space program.


-s systemcall

List all audit records generated by the system call systemcall, for
example, audit records generated by a system call.


The -p and -s options are different names for the same thing and are
mutually exclusive. The -a option is ignored if any of -c, -e, -i, -p, or
-s are given. Combinations of -c, -e, -i, and either -p or -s are ANDed
together.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Displaying an Audit Record with a Specified Event ID

The following example shows how to display the contents of a specified
audit record.


% auditrecord -i 6152
terminal login
program /usr/sbin/login see login(1)
/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin See dtlogin
event ID 6152 AUE_login
class lo (0x00001000)
header
subject
[text] error message
return

Example 2: Displaying an Audit Record with an Event ID Label that Contains

a Specified String


The following example shows how to display the contents of a audit record
with an event ID label that contains the string login.


# auditrecord -e login
terminal login
program /usr/sbin/login see login(1)
/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin See dtlogin
event ID 6152 AUE_login
class lo (0x00001000)
header
subject
[text] error message
return

rlogin
program /usr/sbin/login see login(1) - rlogin
event ID 6155 AUE_rlogin
class lo (0x00001000)
header
subject
[text] error message
return

EXIT STATUS

0

Successful operation


non-zero

Error

FILES

/etc/security/audit_class

Provides the list of valid classes and the associated audit mask.


/etc/security/audit_event

Provides the numeric event ID, the literal event name, and the name
of the associated system call or program.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+----------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|CSI | Enabled |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Interface Stability | Obsolete Uncommitted |
+--------------------+----------------------+

SEE ALSO

audit.log(5), audit_class(5), audit_event(5), attributes(7),
auditconfig(8), praudit(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

If unable to read either of its input files or to write its output file,
auditrecord shows the name of the file on which it failed and exits with
a non-zero return.


If no options are provided, if an invalid option is provided, or if both
-s and -p are provided, an error message is displayed and auditrecord
displays a usage message then exits with a non-zero return.

NOTES

This command is Obsolete and may be removed and replaced with equivalent
functionality in the future. This command was formerly known as
bsmrecord.


If /etc/security/audit_event has been modified to add user-defined audit
events, auditrecord displays the record format as undefined.


The audit records displayed by auditrecord are the core of the record
that can be produced. Various audit policies and optional tokens, such as
those shown below, might also be present.


The following is a list of praudit(8) token names with their
descriptions.

group

Present if the group audit policy is set.


sensitivity label

Present when Trusted Extensions is enabled and represents the label
of the subject or object with which it is associated. The
mandatory_label token is noted in the basic audit record where a
label is explicitly part of the record.


sequence

Present when the seq audit policy is set.


trailer

Present when the trail audit policy is set.


zone

The name of the zone generating the record when the zonename audit
policy is set. The zonename token is noted in the basic audit record
where a zone name is explicitly part of the record.


March 6, 2017 AUDITRECORD(8)