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:

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 following figure shows the format of the arbitrary token.

Figure 23–5 arbitrary Token Format

The preceding context describes the graphic.

The following table shows the possible values of the print format field. Table 23–5.

Table 23–5 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 23–6 Values for the arbitrary Token's Item Size Field

Value 

Action 

AUR_BYTE

Data is printed in units of bytes in 1 byte 

AUR_SHORT

Data is printed in units of shorts in 2 bytes 

AUR_LONG

Data is printed in units of longs in 4 bytes