Re: /var/log/audit ownership/permissions

On 07/21/2016 03:55 PM, Steve Grubb wrote: >> I am fine with that but while I see the motivation [1], I >> just cannot find where is that happening in the code. > > https://fedorahosted.org/audit/browser/trunk/src/auditd-event.c#L886 Thanks, now it is clear. You one thing - line 903 suggests that it is either 0700 or 0770 which I can confirm by testing: # # log_group = root # ls -ld /var/log/audit/ drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 09:56 /var/log/audit/ # # log_group = input # ls -ld /var/log/audit/ drwxrwx---. 2 root input 4096 Jul 21 09:56 /var/log/audit/

>> Besides, specfile >> still contains: >> >> %attr(750,root,root) %dir %{_var}/log/audit > > Maybe I should take the attr away or modify it to (-,root,-). The group > can > change. For example, I have wheel allowed to run audit reports on my > system.> >> and hence 'rpm -V audit' obviously fails. > > Yeah. Hmm. Yes, change you mentioned would solve 'rpm -V' problem. It sounds very reasonable since both group ownership and permission are configurable via auditd.conf.