04-18-2012
Is SELinux enabled? If so, can you check if any related AVC denials in /var/log/audit/audit.log ?
And on top of all, do you remember anything you did that could break PAM authentication? Does the same happen when trying to log in as a different user?
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
audit_data
audit_data(4) File Formats audit_data(4)
NAME
audit_data - current information on audit daemon
SYNOPSIS
/etc/security/audit_data
DESCRIPTION
The audit_data file contains information about the audit daemon. The file contains the process ID of the audit daemon, and the pathname of
the current audit log file. The format of the file is:
pid>:<pathname>
Where pid is the process ID for the audit daemon, and pathname is the full pathname for the current audit log file.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample audit_data file.
64:/etc/security/audit/server1/19930506081249.19930506230945.bongos
FILES
/etc/security/audit_data
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Obsolete |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
audit(1M), auditd(1M), bsmconv(1M), audit(2), audit_control(4), audit.log(4)
NOTES
The functionality described on this manual page is internal to audit(1M) and might not be supported in a future release.
The auditd utility is the only supported mechanism to communicate with auditd(1M). The current audit log can be determined by examining the
configured audit directories. See audit_control(4).
The functionality described on this manual page is available only if the Basic Security Module (BSM) has been enabled. See bsmconv(1M) for
more information.
SunOS 5.10 14 Nov 2002 audit_data(4)