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Operating Systems HP-UX User account Post 302823959 by vbe on Thursday 20th of June 2013 04:17:50 AM
Old 06-20-2013
We would need to know a bit more on your architecture, (paltform, OS and version, using shadow? ot TCB?) and the context
Quote:
Audit is claiming the user account was active during the last audit exercise.
What was the audit doing?
I saw cases (audit...) with active intrusion attempts, resulting in some users account to be disabled...
So you would have to explain what is the claim... ( and kind of disablement...)
 

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AUDIT_LOG_ACCT_MESSAGE(3)					  Linux Audit API					 AUDIT_LOG_ACCT_MESSAGE(3)

NAME
audit_log_acct_message - log a user account message SYNOPSIS
#include <libaudit.h> int audit_log_acct_message(int audit_fd, int type, const char *pgname, const char *op, const char *name, unsigned int id, const char *host, const char *addr, const char *tty, int result) DESCRIPTION
This function will log a message to the audit system using a predefined message format. It should be used for all account manipulation operations. The function parameters are as follows: audit_fd - The fd returned by audit_open type - type of message: AUDIT_USER_CHAUTHTOK for changing any account attributes. pgname - program's name, if NULL will attempt to figure out op - operation. Ex: "adding user", "changing finger info", "deleting group" name - user's account or group name. If not available use NULL. id - uid or gid that the operation is being performed on. If the user is unknown, pass a -1 and fill in the name parameter. This is used only when user is NULL. host - The hostname if known. If not available pass a NULL. addr - The network address of the user. If not available pass a NULL. tty - The tty of the user, if NULL will attempt to figure out result - 1 is "success" and 0 is "failed" RETURN VALUE
It returns the sequence number which is > 0 on success or <= 0 on error. ERRORS
This function returns -1 on failure. Examine errno for more info. SEE ALSO
audit_log_user_message(3), audit_log_user_comm_message(3), audit_log_user_avc_message(3), audit_log_semanage_message(3). AUTHOR
Steve Grubb Red Hat Oct 2010 AUDIT_LOG_ACCT_MESSAGE(3)
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