why auid always unset?

[zhu xiuming]

So, what should be the right settings for pam_loginuid? Is there any
documentation ?

thanks a lot


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, July 25, 2013 03:35:52 PM zhu xiuming wrote:
> > The problem is, cat /proc/self/loginuid is still 4294967295 if I login.
> >
> > However, I do see lots of events the auid is 0.  I even see auid change
> > reflect in the event.
> > Like
> >
> > type=LOGIN msg=audit(07/20/2013 17:45:01.502:40221) : login pid=4952
> > uid=root old auid=unset new auid=root
>
> This would be a root login. Which should be forbidden since root is a
> shared
> account amongst admins.
>
>
> > So, I am really confused.
>
> Something is wrong in your pam setup. You might check the compile flags or
> if
> pam_loginuid is in the right section. But that is undoubtedly the problem.
>
> -Steve
>
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