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File Formats                                       audit_class(4)



NAME
     audit_class - audit class definitions

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/security/audit_class


DESCRIPTION
     /etc/security/audit_class is a user-configurable ASCII  sys-
     tem  file  that  stores  class definitions used in the audit
     system. Audit events in audit_event(4) are mapped to one  or
     more  of  the  defined  audit  classes.  audit_event  can be
     updated in conjunction  with  changes  to  audit_class.  See
     auditconfig(1M)   and  user_attr(4)  for  information  about
     changing the preselection of audit classes in the audit sys-
     tem.  Programs  can  use the getauclassent(3BSM) routines to
     access audit class information.


     The fields for each class entry  are  separated  by  colons.
     Each  class  entry  is  a  bitmap and is separated from each
     other by a newline.


     Each entry in the audit_class file has the form:

       mask:name:description



     The fields are defined as follows:

     mask           class mask


     name           class name


     description    class description



     Each class is represented as a bit in the class  mask  which
     is an unsigned integer. Thus, there are 32 different classes
     available. Meta-classes  can  also  be  defined.  These  are
     supersets  composed  of multiple base classes, and thus will
     have more than 1 bit in its mask. See Examples. Two  special
     meta-classes are also pre-defined: all, and no.

     all    Represents a conjunction of all allowed classes,  and
            is  provided  as a shorthand method of specifying all
            classes.



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     no     Is the invalid class, and any event mapped solely  to
            this  class  will not be audited. Turning auditing on
            to the all meta class will not  cause  events  mapped
            solely  to  the  no  class to be written to the audit
            trail. This class is also used to map obsolete events
            which  are  no  longer generated. Obsolete events are
            retained to process old audit trails files.


EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Using an audit_class File


     The following is an example of an audit_class file:


       0x00000000:no:invalid class
       0x00000001:fr:file read
       0x00000002:fw:file write
       0x00000004:fa:file attribute access
       0x00000008:fm:file attribute modify
       0x00000010:fc:file create
       0x00000020:fd:file delete
       0x00000040:cl:file close
       0x00000100:nt:network
       0x00000200:ip:ipc
       0x00000400:na:non-attribute
       0x00001000:lo:login or logout
       0x00004000:ap:application
       0x000f0000:ad:old administrative (meta-class)
       0x00070000:am:administrative (meta-class)
       0x00010000:ss:change system state
       0x00020000:as:system-wide administration
       0x00040000:ua:user administration
       0x00080000:aa:audit utilization
       0x00300000:pc:process (meta-class)
       0x00100000:ps:process start/stop
       0x00200000:pm:process modify
       0x20000000:io:ioctl
       0x40000000:ex:exec
       0x80000000:ot:other
       0xffffffff:all:all classes (meta-class)



FILES
     /etc/security/audit_class

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:




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     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         |  See below.                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|



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

SEE ALSO
     auditconfig(1M),  au_preselect(3BSM),   getauclassent(3BSM),
     audit_event(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5)


     Part VII, Oracle Solaris Auditing, in System  Administration
     Guide: Security Services

NOTES
     It is possible to deliberately turn on the no class  in  the
     kernel,  in  which case the audit trail will be flooded with
     records for the audit event AUE_NULL.
































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