Logging root actions by capturing execve system calls

Logging root actions Capturing execve system calls and store them in the audit log For compliance or security reasons you might want to capture all commands executed by the root user. Fortunately enough the Linux audit framework helps with capturing the right system calls and log it to the audit file. Configure audit To enable auditing, use the following commands: auditctl -a exit,always -F arch=b64 -F euid=0 -S execve -k root-commands auditctl -a exit,always -F arch=b32 -F euid=0 -S execve […]

Linux Audit Framework 101 – Basic Rules for Configuration

Starting with Linux auditing can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there is a great feature in the Linux kernel to watch events and log them for us. To give you a quick start to use the Linux Audit Framework, we have collected some basic rules for configuring the audit daemon and its rules. Main Configuration By default the configuration values in /etc/audit/audit.conf are suitable for most systems. If you know your system is very low or very high (e.g. mainframe) on resources, […]