Hi Steve,
There are no mount points anywhere in that path apart from at the top level. I'm 99% sure there were no sym links either but that path has since been removed so I can't be completely sure.
To make things a bit simpler I can reproduce it with a much shorter path and definitely no sym links within the path:
[root@hostb001 ~]# auditctl -l
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/etc/audit (0xa) perm=wa key=auditd_configuration
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/etc/audisp (0xb) perm=wa key=auditd_configuration
LIST_RULES: exit,always watch=/etc/libaudit.conf perm=wa key=auditd_configuration
LIST_RULES: exit,always watch=/etc/sysconfig/auditd perm=wa key=auditd_configuration
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/etc/lvm/cache (0xe) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/opt (0x4) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/tmp (0x4) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/naab1 (0x6) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/naab2 (0x6) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/ab1 (0x4) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/ab2 (0x4) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/usr/openv/netbackup (0x14) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,always perm=a key=file_attributes
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) a1=1074292226 (0x40086602) key=file_attributes syscall=ioctl
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) a1=-2146933247 (0x80086601) key=file_attributes syscall=ioctl
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) exit=-13 (0xfffffff3) key=invalid_logical_access syscall=open
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/bin (0x4) perm=wa key=bin_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/boot (0x5) perm=wa key=boot_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/etc (0x4) perm=wa key=etc_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/home (0x5) perm=wa key=home_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/lib (0x4) perm=wa key=lib_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/lib64 (0x6) perm=wa key=lib64_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/root (0x5) perm=wa key=root_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/sbin (0x5) perm=wa key=sbin_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/usr (0x4) perm=wa key=usr_modification
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/var/spool/at (0xd) perm=wa key=misc_var
LIST_RULES: exit,always dir=/var/spool/cron (0xf) perm=wa key=misc_var
LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/var (0x4) syscall=all
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) key=dir_operations syscall=mkdir,rmdir,unlinkat
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) key=link_operation syscall=rename,link,unlink,symlink
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) key=special_device_creation syscall=mknod,mknodat
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) key=mount_operation syscall=mount,umount2
LIST_RULES: exit,always arch=3221225534 (0xc000003e) key=kernel_module syscall=create_module,init_module,delete_module
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=CRED_ACQ (0x44f)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=CRED_DISP (0x450)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=CRYPTO_KEY_USER (0x964)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=CRYPTO_SESSION (0x967)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=LOGIN (0x3ee)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_ACCT (0x44d)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_AUTH (0x44c)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_CMD (0x463)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_END (0x452)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_LOGIN (0x458)
LIST_RULES: exclude,always msgtype=USER_START (0x451)
[root@hostb001 ~]#
[root@hostb001 ~]# mount|grep naab1
/dev/mapper/VolGroupB01-abb_landing on /naab1 type ext4 (rw)
[root@hostb001 ~]#
[root@hostb001 ~]# ls -l /|grep naab1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 6 2011 ab1 -> /naab1
drwxr-x--- 6 app app_users 4096 Aug 23 13:23 naab1
[root@hostb001 ~]#
[root@hostb001 ~]# touch /naab1/temp-file
[root@hostb001 ~]# chmod 600 /naab1/temp-file
[root@hostb001 ~]#
[root@hostb001 ~]# tail -3 /var/log/audit/audit.log
node=hostb001.domain type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1326711394.421:3737872): arch=c000003e syscall=268 success=yes exit=0 a0=ffffffffffffff9c a1=60d1d0 a2=180 a3=0 items=1 ppid=20688 pid=32510 auid=7382 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0
sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=49941 comm="chmod" exe="/bin/chmod" key="file_attributes"
node=hostb001.domain type=CWD msg=audit(1326711394.421:3737872): cwd="/root"
node=hostb001.domain type=PATH msg=audit(1326711394.421:3737872): item=0 name="/naab1/temp-file" inode=12 dev=fd:0d mode=0100600 ouid=0 ogid=0 rdev=00:00
[root@hostb001 ~]#
Does this make it a bit clearer? I look forward to your reply.
Many thanks,
Max
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grubb [mailto:sgrubb@redhat.com]
Sent: 13 January 2012 18:52
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Cc: Max Williams
Subject: Re: Path ignored but syscall event still logged
On Friday, January 13, 2012 11:46:58 AM Max Williams wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> Thanks for the reply. Yes and yes:
>
> [root@host1 ~]# mount|grep ab
> /dev/mapper/VolGroupCF00-abf_graph on /naab2 type ext4 (rw)
> /dev/mapper/VolGroupCF01-abf_icff on /naab1 type ext4 (rw)
>
> [root@host1 ~]# ll /|grep ab
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 May 9 2011 ab1 -> /naab1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 May 9 2011 ab2 -> /naab2
> drwxrwx--- 5 root ab_users 4096 May 20 2011 naab1
> drwxrwx--- 6 root ab_users 4096 Jun 29 2011 naab2
> [root@host1 ~]#
>
> How does that affect the the rule, which was for the actual mount
> point, not the sym link? LIST_RULES: exit,never dir=/naab1 (0x6)
> syscall=all
Its OK for the top level dir to be a mount point. However, what about everything under it?
/naab1/serial/data/dir1/serial/dir2/abc_load/temp/some-app/.WORK-serial/1568280a-4eef7e3f-3873
Could data or dir1 be a mount point? If anything under /naab1 is a mount point, then you have to tell the kernel to treat it as equivalent to the parent dir that you have the rule on. For example, suppose data was in fact a moint point
and you mounted /dev/sda1 onto it. You would need to add the follwoing to your audit rules:
-q /naab1/serial/data,/dev/sda1
As for symlinks, I'm not sure that a recursive watch will follow the symlink. If for example, some-app was a symlink to /opt/some-app, I am pretty sure the watch will not follow over to the other device.
You would have to add a watch on /opt/some-app to get events.
The same thing applies for suppressing events.
-Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Grubb [mailto:sgrubb@redhat.com]
> Sent: 13 January 2012 14:46
> To: linux-audit@redhat.com
> Cc: Max Williams
> Subject: Re: Path ignored but syscall event still logged
>
> On Thursday, January 12, 2012 09:45:59 AM Max Williams wrote:
> > Sorry to bug you but is this issue I'm having a bug or have I made a
> > mistake in the rules? Is there another way I could exclude this
> > directory from auditd?
>
> Looking back at the original...
>
> /naab1/serial/data/dir1/serial/dir2/abc_load/temp/some-app/.WORK-
> serial/1568280a-4eef7e3f-3873
>
> Are there any mount points in that path? Or any symlinks pointing to
> other disk devices?
>
> Thanks,
> -Steve
>
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