NAME

       aa-notify - display information about logged AppArmor messages.

SYNOPSIS

       aa-notify [option]

DESCRIPTION

       aa-notify will display a summary or provide desktop notifications for AppArmor DENIED
       messages.

OPTIONS

       aa-notify accepts the following arguments:

       -p, --poll
           poll AppArmor logs and display desktop notifications. Can be used with '-s' option to
           display a summary on startup.

       --display $DISPLAY
           set the DISPLAY environment variable to $DISPLAY (might be needed if sudo resets
           $DISPLAY)

       -f FILE, --file=FILE
           search FILE for AppArmor messages

       -l, --since-last
           show summary since last login.

       -s NUM, --since-days=NUM
           show summary for last NUM of days.

       -u USER, --user=USER
           user to drop privileges to when running privileged. When used with the -p option, this
           should be set to the user that will receive desktop notifications.  This has no effect
           when running under sudo.

       -w NUM, --wait=NUM
           wait NUM seconds before displaying notifications (for use with -p)

       -v, --verbose
           show messages with summaries.

       -h, --help
           displays a short usage statement.

CONFIGURATION

       System-wide configuration for aa-notify is done via /etc/apparmor/notify.conf:

         # set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
         show_notifications="yes"

         # only people in use_group can use aa-notify
         use_group="admin"

       Per-user configuration is done via ~/.apparmor/notify.conf:

         # set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
         show_notifications="yes"

BUGS

       aa-notify needs to be able to read the logfiles containing the AppArmor DENIED messages.

       If you find any additional bugs, please report them to Launchpad at
       <https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+filebug>.

SEE ALSO

       apparmor(7)