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Join the club. Smilie

I don't mind them too much when they ask intelligent and probing questions. I worry when they just ask for /etc/passwd and the shadow then nit-pick over saying that they can read the password, e.g. AIX has /etc/security/passwd with a format like:
Code:
root:
      password = Xlen7kw02f234
      lastupdate = 1894726232

Of course, they never actually try to login with the encrypted password to prove it.

I have even fed them a little nugget or two when I've been prevented from doing the right thing because someone didn't plan properly and that gets the profile raised and hopefully the issue fixed.


It's a bit of a game to keep us on our toes and them justifying their job.


Good luck.

Robin
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audit_log_acct_message

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)