AUDIT_WARN(8)

NAME
audit_warn - audit daemon warning script

SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/audit_warn [ option [ arguments ]]

DESCRIPTION
The audit_warn script processes warning or error messages from the audit daemon. When a problem is encountered, the audit daemon, auditd(8) calls audit_warn with the appropriate arguments. The option argument specifies the error type.

The system administrator can specify a list of mail recpients using the script's RECIPIENTS variable. The default recipient is root.

OPTIONS

soft filename
    indicates that the soft limit for filename has been exceeded. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

allsoft
    indicates that the soft limit for all filesystems has been exceeded. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

hard filename
    indicates that the hard limit for the file has been exceeded. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

allhard count
    indicates that the hard limit for all filesystems has been exceeded count times. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator only if the count is 1, and to send a message to console every time. It is recommended that mail not be send every time.

ebusy
    indicates that the audit daemon is already running. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

tmpfile
    indicates that the temporary audit file already exists indicating a fatal error. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

nostart
    indicates that auditing cannot be started because the system audit state is AUC_FCHDONE. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator. Some system administrators may prefer to have the script reboot the system at this point.

auditoff
    indicates that someone other than the audit daemon changed the system audit state to something other than AUC_AUDITING. The audit daemon will have exited in this case. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

postsigterm
    indicates that an error occurred during the orderly shutdown of the audit daemon. The default action for this option is to send mail to the system administrator.

getacdir
    indicates that there is a problem getting the directory list from: /etc/security/audit/audit_control.

    The audit daemon will hang in a sleep loop until the file is fixed.

SEE ALSO
audit.log(5), audit_control(5), audit(8), auditd(8)