RE: [PATCH] Add audit uid to netlink credentials

[Chad Hanson <chanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> Perhaps I misunderstand the intent of userspace AUDIT_WRITE. Can you
> provide examples of why you _wouldn't_ want to let a dÃmon which is
> already sending random unvetted AUDIT_WRITE messages also specify the
> loginuid on _those_ messages?

The loginuid is part of the process state. This is the reason you do not
want to write out this information from a userspace application, as the
process state portions of the audit record are recorded by the kernel. 

-Chad