NAME
audit_user − per-user auditing data file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/security/audit_user
DESCRIPTION
audit_user is an access-restricted database that stores per-user auditing preselection data. The audit_user file can be used with other authorization sources, including the NIS map audit_user.byname and the NIS+ table audit_user. Programs use the getauusernam(3BSM) routines to access this information.
The search order for multiple user audit information sources is specified in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, as described in the nsswitch.conf(4) man page. The lookup follows the search order for passwd(4).
The fields for each user entry are separated by colons (:). Each user is separated from the next by a newline. audit_user does not have general read permission.
Each entry in the audit_user file has the form:
username:always-audit-flags:never-audit-flags
The fields are
defined as follows:
username
The user’s login name.
always-audit-flags
Flags specifying event classes to always audit.
never-audit-flags
Flags specifying event classes to never audit.
For a complete description of the audit flags and how to combine them, see the audit_control(4) man page.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Sample audit_user file
other:lo,ad:io,cl
fred:lo,ex,+fc,-fr,-fa:io,cl
ethyl:lo,ex,nt:io,cl
FILES
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/audit_user
SEE ALSO
bsmconv(1M), getauusernam(3BSM), audit_control(4), nsswitch.conf(4), passwd(4)
NOTES
The functionality described in this man page is available only if the Basic Security Module (BSM) has been enabled. See bsmconv(1M) for more information.