8.13. audit

Bug Fixes

BZ#1065067

The interpretation of the "ausearch -i" command, alternatively "ausearch --interpret", has been improved. * New event types are supported by the audit packages. * Remote logging bugs have been fixed. * The ausearch matching has been improved. * The augenrules utility support has been added to the audit packages. * Management of audispd plugins has been completely reworked. * The updated ausearch and aureport utilities can now produce reports from logs not included in the configured audit log directory by specifying the directory containing the logs on the command line. * The auditctl list rules command (the -l option) now outputs rules from the kernel in a new format which matches the formatting accepted to be loaded into the kernel.

BZ#1028635

Previously, the audisp-remote plugin did not connect to the remote server after a transient "critical" network error. The underlying source code has been patched, and audisp-remote now connects to the remote server as intended.

Enhancements

BZ#96723

With this update, audit rules can be built from a directory of rule files. Rule files can be stored in the /etc/audit/rules.d/ directory based on what packages are installed. When rules need to be loaded into the kernel, they are now assembled into one master file by the augenrules utility and then loaded.

BZ#967240

This update adds a new command line option, --checkpoint. When invoked, the --checkpoint option causes the ausearch utility to report only new complete events on successive executions. This option is especially useful for running periodic reports that display the updates since the last report.