arbitrary Token (System Administration Guide: Security Services)

System Administration Guide: Security Services

`arbitrary` Token

The arbitrary token encapsulates data for the audit trail. This token consists of four fixed fields and an array of data. The fixed fields are as follows:

a token ID that identifies this token as an arbitrary token
a suggested format field (for example, hexadecimal)
a size field that specifies the size of the data that is encapsulated (for example, short)
a count field that provides the number of following items

The remainder of the token is composed of one or more items of the specified type. The praudit command displays the arbitrary token as follows:

arbitrary,decimal,int,1
42

The format of arbitrary token is as follows:

Figure 26–5 `arbitrary` Token Format

The following table shows the possible values of the print format field. Table 26–6.

Table 26–6 Values for the arbitrary Token's Print Format Field


Value	Action
`AUP_BINARY`	Prints the date in binary format
`AUP_OCTAL`	Prints the date in octal format
`AUP_DECIMAL`	Prints the date in decimal format
`AUP_HEX`	Prints the date in hexadecimal format
`AUP_STRING`	Prints the date as a string

The following table shows the possible values of the item size field.

Table 26–7 Values for the arbitrary Token's Item Size Field


Value	Action
`AUR_BYTE`	Data is printed in units of bytes (1 byte)
`AUR_SHORT`	Data is printed in units of shorts (2 bytes)
`AUR_LONG`	Data is printed in units of longs (4 bytes)

arbitrary Token

Figure 26–5 arbitrary Token Format

`arbitrary` Token

Figure 26–5 `arbitrary` Token Format