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.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Robert N. M. Watson
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 5, 2006
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.Dt AUDITPIPE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm auditpipe
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.Nd "pseudo-device for live audit event tracking"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "options AUDIT"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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While audit trail files
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generated with
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.Xr audit 4
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and maintained by
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.Xr auditd 8
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provide a reliable long-term store for audit log information, current log
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files are owned by the audit daemon until terminated making them somewhat
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unwieldy for live monitoring applications such as host-based intrusion
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detection.
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For example, the log may be cycled and new records written to a new file
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without notice to applications that may be accessing the file.
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.Pp
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The audit facility provides an audit pipe facility for applications requiring
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direct access to live BSM audit data for the purposes of real-time
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monitoring.
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Audit pipes are available via a clonable special device,
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.Pa /dev/auditpipe ,
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subject to the permissions on the device node, and provide a
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.Qq tee
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of the audit event stream.
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As the device is clonable, more than one instance of the device may be opened
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at a time; each device instance will provide independent access to all
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records.
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.Pp
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The audit pipe device provides discrete BSM audit records; if the read buffer
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passed by the application is too small to hold the next record in the
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sequence, it will be dropped.
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Unlike audit data written to the audit trail, the reliability of record
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delivery is not guaranteed.
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In particular, when an audit pipe queue fills, records will be dropped.
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Audit pipe devices are blocking by default, but support non-blocking I/O,
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asynchronous I/O using
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.Dv SIGIO ,
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and polled operation via
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.Xr select 2
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and
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.Xr poll 2 .
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.Pp
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Applications may choose to track the global audit trail, or configure local
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preselection parameters independent of the global audit trail parameters.
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.Ss Audit Pipe Queue Ioctls
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The following ioctls retrieve and set various audit pipe record queue
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properties:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_MAXAUDITDATA"
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_QLEN
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Query the current number of records available for reading on the pipe.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_QLIMIT
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Retrieve the current maximum number of records that may be queued for reading
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on the pipe.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_SET_QLIMIT
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Set the current maximum number of records that may be queued for reading on
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the pipe.
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The new limit must fall between the queue limit minimum and queue limit
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maximum queryable using the following two ioctls.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_QLIMIT_MIN
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Query the lowest possible maximum number of records that may be queued for
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reading on the pipe.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_QLIMIT_MAX
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Query the highest possible maximum number of records that may be queued for
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reading on the pipe.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_FLUSH
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Flush all outstanding records on the audit pipe; useful after setting initial
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preselection properties to delete records queued during the configuration
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process which may not match the interests of the user process.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_MAXAUDITDATA
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Query the maximum size of an audit record, which is a useful minimum size for
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a user space buffer intended to hold audit records read from the audit pipe.
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.El
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.Ss Audit Pipe Preselection Mode Ioctls
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By default, the audit pipe facility configures pipes to present records
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matched by the system-wide audit trail, configured by
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.Xr auditd 8 .
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However, the preselection mechanism for audit pipes can be configured using
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alternative criteria, including pipe-local flags and naflags settings, as
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well as auid-specific selection masks.
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This allows applications to track events not captured in the global audit
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trail, as well as limit records presented to those of specific interest to
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the application.
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.Pp
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The following ioctls configure the preselection mode on an audit pipe:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_MODE"
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_MODE
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Return the current preselect mode on the audit pipe.
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt int .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_SET_PRESELECT_MODE
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Set the current preselection mode on the audit pipe.
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt int .
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.El
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.Pp
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Possible preselection mode values are:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv AUDITPIPE_PRESELECT_MODE_TRAIL"
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_PRESELECT_MODE_TRAIL
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Use the global audit trail preselection parameters to select records for the
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audit pipe.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_PRESELECT_MODE_LOCAL
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Use local audit pipe preselection; this model is similar to the global audit
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trail configuration model, consisting of global flags and naflags parameters,
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as well as a set of per-auid masks.
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These parameters are configured using further ioctls.
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.El
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.Pp
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After changing the audit pipe preselection mode, records selected under
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earlier preselection configuration may still be in the audit pipe queue.
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The application may flush the current record queue after changing the
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configuration to remove possibly undesired records.
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.Ss Audit Pipe Local Preselection Mode Ioctls
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The following ioctls configure the preselection parameters used when an audit
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pipe is configured for the
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.Dv AUDITPIPE_PRESELECT_MODE_LOCAL
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preselection mode.
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_NAFLAGS"
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_FLAGS
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Retrieve the current default preselection flags for attributable events on
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the pipe.
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These flags correspond to the
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.Va flags
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field in
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.Xr audit_control 5 .
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt u_int .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_SET_PRESELECT_FLAGS
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Set the current default preselection flags for attributable events on the
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pipe.
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These flags correspond to the
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.Va flags
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field in
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.Xr audit_control 5 .
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt u_int .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_NAFLAGS
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Retrieve the current default preselection flags for non-attributable events
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on the pipe.
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These flags correspond to the
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.Va naflags
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field in
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.Xr audit_control 5 .
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt u_int .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_SET_PRESELECT_NAFLAGS
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Set the current default preselection flags for non-attributable events on the
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pipe.
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These flags correspond to the
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.Va naflags
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field in
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.Xr audit_control 5 .
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt u_int .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_AUID
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Query the current preselection masks for a specific auid on the pipe.
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt "struct auditpipe_ioctl_preselect" .
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The auid to query is specified via the
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.Va ap_auid
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field of type
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.Vt au_id_t ;
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the mask will be returned via
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.Va ap_mask
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of type
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.Vt au_mask_t .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_SET_PRESELECT_AUID
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Set the current preselection masks for a specific auid on the pipe.
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Arguments are identical to
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.Dv AUDITPIPE_GET_PRESELECT_AUID ,
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except that the caller should properly initialize the
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.Va ap_mask
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field to hold the desired preselection mask.
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_DELETE_PRESELECT_AUID
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Delete the current preselection mask for a specific auid on the pipe.
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Once called, events associated with the specified auid will use the default
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flags mask.
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The ioctl argument should be of type
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.Vt au_id_t .
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.It Dv AUDITPIPE_FLUSH_PRESELECT_AUID
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Delete all auid specific preselection specifications.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The
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.Xr praudit 1
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utility
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may be directly executed on
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.Pa /dev/auditpipe
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to review the default audit trail.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr audit 4 ,
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.Xr audit_control 5 ,
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.Xr audit 8 ,
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.Xr auditd 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
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division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.\& in 2004.
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It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for
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the OpenBSM distribution.
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.Pp
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Support for kernel audit first appeared in
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.Fx 6.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The audit pipe facility was designed and implemented by
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.An Robert Watson Aq Mt rwatson@FreeBSD.org .
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.Pp
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The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event
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stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.
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.Sh BUGS
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See the
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.Xr audit 4
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manual page for information on audit-related bugs and limitations.
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.Pp
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The configurable preselection mechanism mirrors the selection model present
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for the global audit trail.
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It might be desirable to provided a more flexible selection model.
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.Pp
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The per-pipe audit event queue is fifo, with drops occurring if either the
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user thread provides in sufficient for the record on the queue head, or on
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enqueue if there is insufficient room.
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It might be desirable to support partial reads of records, which would be
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more compatible with buffered I/O as implemented in system libraries, and to
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allow applications to select which records are dropped, possibly in the style
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of preselection.
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