AUDIT_EVENT(5) File Formats and Configurations AUDIT_EVENT(5)

NAME


audit_event - audit event definition and class mapping

SYNOPSIS


/etc/security/audit_event


DESCRIPTION


/etc/security/audit_event is a user-configurable ASCII system file that
stores event definitions used in the audit system. As part of this
definition, each event is mapped to one or more of the audit classes
defined in audit_class(5). Programs can use the getauevent(3BSM)
routines to access audit event information.


The fields for each event entry are separated by colons. Each event is
separated from the next by a NEWLINE.Each entry in the audit_event file
has the form:

number:name:description:flags


The fields are defined as follows:

number
Event number.

Event number ranges are assigned as follows:

0
Reserved as an invalid event number.


1-2047
Reserved for the Solaris Kernel events.


2048-32767
Reserved for the Solaris TCB programs.


32768-65535
Available for third party TCB applications.

System administrators must not add, delete,
or modify (except to change the class
mapping), events with an event number less
than 32768. These events are reserved by
the system.


name
Event name.


description
Event description.


flags
Flags specifying classes to which the event is mapped.
Classes are comma separated, without spaces.

Obsolete events are commonly assigned to the special class
no (invalid) to indicate they are no longer generated.
Obsolete events are retained to process old audit trail
files. Other events which are not obsolete may also be
assigned to the no class.


EXAMPLES


Example 1: Using the audit_event File




The following is an example of some audit_event file entries:


7:AUE_EXEC:exec(2):ps,ex
79:AUE_OPEN_WTC:open(2) - write,creat,trunc:fc,fd,fw
6152:AUE_login:login - local:lo
6153:AUE_logout:logout:lo
6154:AUE_telnet:login - telnet:lo
6155:AUE_rlogin:login - rlogin:lo


ATTRIBUTES


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


+---------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | See below. |
+---------------------+-----------------+


The file format stability is Committed. The file content is Uncommitted.

FILES


/etc/security/audit_event


SEE ALSO


getauevent(3BSM), audit_class(5)

March 6, 2017 AUDIT_EVENT(5)