audit_warn(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    audit_warn(1M)

NAME

       audit_warn - audit daemon warning script

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/security/audit_warn [option [arguments]]

DESCRIPTION

       The  audit_warn	utility  processes  warning  or  error	messages  from	the audit daemon. When a problem is encountered, the audit daemon,
       auditd(1M) calls audit_warn with the appropriate arguments. The option argument specifies the error type.

       The system administrator can specify a list of mail recipients to be notified when an audit_warn situation arises by defining a mail  alias
       called audit_warn in aliases(4). The users that make up the audit_warn alias are typically the audit and root users.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       allhard count

	   Indicates  that the hard limit for all filesystems has been exceeded count times. The default action for this option is to send mail to
	   the audit_warn alias only if the count is 1, and to write a message to the machine console every time. It is recommended that mail  not
	   be sent every time as this could result in a the saturation of the file system that contains the mail spool directory.

       allsoft

	   Indicates  that  the  soft  limit  for  all	filesystems  has  been exceeded. The default action for this option is to send mail to the
	   audit_warn alias and to write a message to the machine console.

       auditoff

	   Indicates that someone other than the audit daemon changed the system audit state to something other than AUC_AUDITING.  The audit dae-
	   mon will have exited in this case. The default action for this option is to send mail to the audit_warn alias and to write a message to
	   the machine console.

       ebusy

	   Indicates that the audit daemon is already running. The default action for this option is to send mail to the audit_warn alias  and	to
	   write a message to the machine console.

       getacdir count

	   Indicates  that  there  is  a  problem getting the directory list or plugin list from audit_control(4). The audit daemon will hang in a
	   sleep loop until the file is fixed. The default action for this option is to send mail to the audit_warn alias only if count is 1,  and
	   to  write a message to the machine console every time. It is recommended that mail not be sent every time as this could result in a the
	   saturation of the file system that contains the mail spool directory.

       hard filename

	   Indicates that the hard limit for the file has been exceeded. The default action for this option is to  send  mail  to  the	audit_warn
	   alias and to write a message to the machine console.

       nostart

	   Indicates that auditing could not be started. The default action for this option is to send mail to the audit_warn alias and to write a
	   message to the machine console. Some administrators may prefer to modify audit_warn to reboot the system when this error occurs.

       plugin name error count text

	   Indicates that an error occurred during execution of the auditd plugin name. The default action for this option is to send mail to  the
	   audit_warn alias only if count is 1, and to write a message to the machine console every time. (Separate counts are kept for each error
	   type.) It is recommended that mail not be sent every time as this could result in the saturation of the file system that  contains  the
	   mail  spool directory. The text field provides the detailed error message passed from the plugin. The error field is one of the follow-
	   ing strings:

	   load_error	   Unable to load the plugin name.

	   sys_error	   The plugin name is not executing due to a system error such as a lack of resources.

	   config_error    No plugins loaded (including the binary file plugin, audit_binfile(5)) due to configuration errors in audit_control(4).
			   The name string is -- to indicate that no plugin name applies.

	   retry	   The	plugin name reports it has encountered a temporary failure. For example, the audit_binfree.so plugin uses retry to
			   indicate that all directories are full.

	   no_memory	   The plugin name reports a failure due to lack of memory.

	   invalid	   The plugin name reports it received an invalid input.

	   failure	   The plugin name has reported an error as described in text.

       postsigterm

	   Indicates that an error occurred during the orderly shutdown of the audit daemon. The default action for this option is to send mail to
	   the audit_warn alias and to write a message to the machine console.

       soft filename

	   Indicates  that  the  soft  limit  for filename has been exceeded. The default action for this option is to send mail to the audit_warn
	   alias and to write a message to the machine console.

       tmpfile

	   Indicates that the temporary audit file already exists indicating a fatal error. The default action for this option is to send mail	to
	   the audit_warn alias and to write a message to the machine console.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The interface stability is evolving. The file content is unstable.

SEE ALSO

       audit(1M), auditd(1M), bsmconv(1M), aliases(4), audit.log(4), audit_control(4), attributes(5)

       See the section on Solaris Auditing in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

NOTES

       This functionality is available only if the Solaris Auditing feature has been enabled. See bsmconv(1M) for more information.

       If  the audit policy perzone is set, the /etc/security/audit_warn script for the local zone is used for notifications from the local zone's
       instance of auditd. If the perzone policy is  not  set,	all  auditd  errors  are  generated  by  the  global  zone's  copy  of	/etc/secu-
       rity/audit_warn.

SunOS 5.11							    16 Apr 2008 						    audit_warn(1M)