ausearch issue?

[Steve Grubb]

On Thursday 11 June 2009 10:45:21 am LC Bruzenak wrote:
> # auditctl -m "`cat e-1-s`"
> # ausearch -ts recent -i -m USER
> <no matches>
> # ausearch -ts this-week -a 22476
> <no matches>
>
> in the raw log:
> node=slim type=USER msg=audit(1244730722.536:22476): user pid=16700
> uid=0 auid=500 ses=1 subj=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0 msg='node=jim
> type=PATH msg=audit(06/08/2009 13:33:50.101:19267) : item=4
> name=/var/lib/ntp/drift inode=115581 dev=fd:00 mode=file,644 ouid=ntp
> ogid=ntp rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:ntp_drift_t:s0 :
> exe="/usr/local/sbin/auditctl" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=pts/13
> res=success)'
>
> Any clues?

When ausearch finds a malformed record, it discards it as a safety measure.

-Steve