auditctl -1 User ID
Dan Gruhn
Dan.Gruhn at groupw.com
Wed Feb 18 21:24:29 UTC 2009
Thanks Steve.
Steve Grubb wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 12:16:14 pm Dan Gruhn wrote:
>
>> I'm getting an auditctl startup SELinux violation that is showing up
>> with a user ID of -1 (4294967295 in my case).
>>
>
> -1 means that the command was run by something that was not initiated by a
> login. IOW, probably initscripts.
>
>
>
>> I can fix the violation, but before I do I thought I saw something a while
>> back about setting a parameter or defining a variable on power-up so that
>> one didn't get the -1 for something that came up in the wrong order.
>>
>
> There is nothing that fixes that. This is just a statement of fact. The error
> originated from a non-login path. What you might be remembering is that you
> should put a audit=1 in the boot params of the kernel. This is so that you
> don't have any unauditable processes.
>
> -Steve
>
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