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authorRobin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org>2020-07-19 08:32:31 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-07-27 12:06:36 +0200
commit73cb3e103f35356b83cb091f15c536c21bf53981 (patch)
treec6f7af29b1313cafc8e54eb4943f10bb3f647b5d /doc/guix.texi
parent79501f26ab6d82c0256ff786a5dfb0000b52ccd3 (diff)
services: auditd: Provide default configuration directory.
* gnu/services/auditd.scm (auditd.conf) (%default-auditd-configuration-directory): New variables. (<auditd-configuration>): Switch to 'define-record-type*'. [configuration-directory]: New field. (auditd-shepherd-service): Honor 'configuration-directory'. Pass #:pid-file. (auditd-service-type)[description]: Tweak. [default-value]: Provide 'configuration-directory'. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update docs to reflect changes. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -27612,10 +27612,12 @@ Network access
@command{auditctl} from the @code{audit} package can be used in order
to add or remove events to be tracked (until the next reboot).
In order to permanently track events, put the command line arguments
-of auditctl into @file{/etc/audit/audit.rules}.
+of auditctl into a file called @code{audit.rules} in the configuration
+directory (see below).
@command{aureport} from the @code{audit} package can be used in order
to view a report of all recorded events.
-The audit daemon usually logs into the directory @file{/var/log/audit}.
+The audit daemon by default logs into the file
+@file{/var/log/audit.log}.
@end defvr
@@ -27627,6 +27629,11 @@ This is the data type representing the configuration of auditd.
@item @code{audit} (default: @code{audit})
The audit package to use.
+@item @code{configuration-directory} (default: @code{%default-auditd-configuration-directory})
+The directory containing the configuration file for the audit package, which
+must be named @code{auditd.conf}, and optionally some audit rules to
+instantiate on startup.
+
@end table
@end deftp