Prefixes That Modify Audit Flags

Audit flags that were previously selected can be further modified by a caret prefix, ^. The following table shows how the caret prefix modifies a preselected audit flag.

Table 23–3 Caret Prefix That Modifies Already-Specified Audit Flags

^prefixflag	Explanation
-all,^-fc	Audit all failed events, except do not audit failed attempts to create file system objects
am,^+aa	Audit all administrative events for success and for failure, except do not audit successful attempts to administer auditing
am,^ua	Audit all administrative events for success and for failure, except do not audit user administration events

The prefixes to the audit flags can be used in the following files and commands:

• In the flags line in the audit_control file

• In flags field in the user's entry in the audit_user file

• With arguments to the auditconfig command

See The audit_control File for an example of using the prefixes in the audit_control file.