** Also affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: Low Status: In Progress
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2101180 Title: Multiple DENIED apparmor messages when using rsyslog with the imfile module Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in rsyslog source package in Noble: New Status in rsyslog source package in Oracular: New Status in rsyslog source package in Plucky: In Progress Bug description: When enabling the imfile module in order to watch /var/log/audit/audit.log file, the following traces are generated in logs regularly : type=AVC msg=audit(1741370794.968:9963561): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="rsyslogd" name="/" pid=67348 comm="in:imfile" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=106 ouid=0 type=AVC msg=audit(1741370794.968:9963562): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="rsyslogd" name="/var/" pid=67348 comm="in:imfile" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=106 ouid=0 type=AVC msg=audit(1741370794.968:9963563): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="rsyslogd" name="/var/log/" pid=67348 comm="in:imfile" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=106 ouid=0 As a small fix, I had to add the following lines into the rsyslogd apparmor configuration file : / r, /var r, /var/** r, Could it be a possible bug ? Behaviour detected on Ubuntu 22.04 rsyslog package : 8.2406.0-1ubuntu2 Behaviour expected : No DENIED apparmor actions when using the imfile module. Thanks ! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/2101180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp