Hi, The mode fields for IPC records are not consistent. Some are hex, others are octal. This patch makes them all octal. Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com&gt; diff -urp linux-2.6.18.i686.orig/kernel/auditsc.c linux-2.6.18.i686/kernel/auditsc.c --- linux-2.6.18.i686.orig/kernel/auditsc.c 2007-05-29 10:27:13.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.18.i686/kernel/auditsc.c 2007-05-29 10:33:07.000000000 -0400 @@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_ case AUDIT_IPC: { struct audit_aux_data_ipcctl *axi = (void *)aux; audit_log_format(ab, - "ouid=%u ogid=%u mode=%x", + "ouid=%u ogid=%u mode=%#o", axi->uid, axi->gid, axi->mode); if (axi->osid != 0) { char *ctx = NULL; @@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_ case AUDIT_IPC_SET_PERM: { struct audit_aux_data_ipcctl *axi = (void *)aux; audit_log_format(ab, - "qbytes=%lx ouid=%u ogid=%u mode=%x", + "qbytes=%lx ouid=%u ogid=%u mode=%#o", axi->qbytes, axi->uid, axi->gid, axi->mode); break; }