auditctl -1 User ID

[Steve Grubb]

On Wednesday 18 February 2009 12:16:14 pm Dan Gruhn wrote:
> I'm getting an auditctl startup SELinux violation that is showing up
> with a user ID of -1 (4294967295 in my case).  

-1 means that the command was run by something that was not initiated by a 
login. IOW, probably initscripts.


> I can fix the violation, but before I do I thought I saw something a while
> back about setting a parameter or defining a variable on power-up so that
> one didn't get the -1 for something that came up in the wrong order.

There is nothing that fixes that.  This is just a statement of fact. The error 
originated from a non-login path. What you might be remembering is that you 
should put a audit=1 in the boot params of the kernel. This is so that you 
don't have any unauditable processes.

-Steve