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NAME

       audisp-syslog - plugin to push audit events into syslog

SYNOPSIS

       audisp-syslog [ OPTIONS ]

DESCRIPTION

       audisp-syslog  is  a plugin for the audit event dispatcher that wraps audit events back around to syslog.
       It can be passed three options: one which is the syslog facility, one that is the syslog level  that  all
       events  are  logged  with,  and one that determines if events should be interpreted. Valid facilities are
       LOG_LOCAL0 through 7, LOG_AUTH, LOG_AUTHPRIV, LOG_DAEMON, LOG_SYSLOG,  and  LOG_USER.  Valid  levels  are
       LOG_DEBUG through LOG_EMERG. Setting these options is done in the /etc/audit/syslog.conf file on the args
       line.

       If it is desired that events are interpreted, add the word interpret to the args line.  This  will  cause
       all  events  to  be interpreted. The drawback to this approach is that naive parsers can be tricked by an
       adversary that has the ability to name files, processes, or other user controlled objects.

       If you are aggregating multiple machines, you should edit auditd.conf to set the name_format to something
       meaningful  and  the log_format to enriched. This way you can tell where the event came from and have the
       user name and groups resolved locally before it is sent off of the machine.

FILES

       /etc/audit/plugins/syslog.conf /etc/audit/auditd.conf

SEE ALSO

       auditd.conf(8), auditd-plugins(5), syslog(3).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb