audit_user(4) File Formats audit_user(4)NAMEaudit_user - per-user auditing data file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/security/audit_user
DESCRIPTIONaudit_user is a database that stores per-user auditing preselection
data. You can use the audit_user file with other authorization sources,
including the NIS map audit_user.byname. Programs use the getauuser‐
nam(3BSM) routines to access this information.
The search order for multiple user audit information sources is speci‐
fied in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. See nsswitch.conf(4). The lookup
follows the search order for passwd(4).
The fields for each user entry are separated by colons (:). Each user
is separated from the next by a newline. audit_user does not have gen‐
eral read permission. Each entry in the audit_user file has the form:
username:always-audit-flags:never-audit-flags
The fields are defined as follows:
username User's login name.
always-audit-flags Flags specifying event classes to always audit.
never-audit-flags Flags specifying event classes to never audit.
For a complete description of the audit flags and how to combine them,
see audit_control(4).
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using the audit_user File
other:lo,am:io,cl
fred:lo,ex,+fc,-fr,-fa:io,cl
ethyl:lo,ex,nt:io,cl
FILES
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/audit_user
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ See below. │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
The file format stability is Committed. The file content is Uncommit‐
ted.
SEE ALSObsmconv(1M), getauusernam(3BSM), audit_control(4), nsswitch.conf(4),
passwd(4)
Part VII, Solaris Auditing, in System Administration Guide: Security
Services
NOTES
This functionality is available only if the Basic Security Module (BSM)
has been enabled. See bsmconv(1M) for more information.
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.
SunOS 5.11 10 Dec 2009 audit_user(4)
