auditctl usage for filter lists: "user" , "watch" and "exclude"

[Michael C Thompson]

Michael C Thompson wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm trying to understand better the user, watch and exclude auditctl 
> filter lists. I believe I have a reasonable understanding of exclude 
> from some examples Steve gave (see below), but I have very little idea 
> of how user is meant to be used, and none about watch.
> 
> Any enlightenment will be helpful.
> 
> For the exclude list,
> 
> exclude,always -F msgtype=SYSCALL
> 
> seems to be the only valid structure, where msgtype can be any value 
> (XXX) for the type in the audit.log? (where the 1st field in the audit 
> log is type=XXX)
> 
> Are there more filters that apply? (and does it have any meaning without 
> a filter?)

Question, is it intended for:
auditctl -a exclude,always -F msgtype=CONFIG_CHANGE
   and
auditctl -a exclude,never -F msgtype=CONFIG_CHANGE

(being active at different times) to both block the CONFIG_CHANGE 
messages? I would assume that exclude,never to _not_ block messages of 
that type?

Mike