RE: what does audit_sys_operations actually audit

From: Clarke, Andrew <andrew.clarke_at_logica.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:06:28 +0000
Message-ID: <C06698D943003C4097B7544C28E32F1F04BB40B2_at_uk-ex002.groupinfra.com>

Oracle's response to the question is, "Audit Vault watches the watchmen". Of course some people might suggest the pricing strategy for that product is akin to banditry but I'm not one to take cheap shots J  

Cheers, APC  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Tim Gorman Sent: 07 January 2009 19:43
To: Bobak, Mark
Cc: oracle-l
Subject: Re: what does audit_sys_operations actually audit  

Napolean Bonaparte, when asked a similar question regarding the guards at the (then newly opened) Devil's Island penitentiary in South America...

Q: Who is going to guard these bandits? A: Worse bandits.

Bobak, Mark wrote:

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?  

Tim Gorman wrote:  

AUDIT_SYS_OPERATIONS only sends records to the OS audit trail, not the DB audit trail (i.e. SYS.AUD$). Check the files in your AUDIT_FILE_DEST. Rationale: Why leave audit records for SYSDBA where SYSDBA users can tamper with them? Oracle sends them to OS files so they can be protected (if necessary) from tampering by SYSDBA. Now, you just have to trust your OS sysadmins.... ;-)

Douglas Cowles wrote:

I turned on audit_sys_operations in a dev database but nothing seems to be being added to the sys.aud$ table.
SQL> show parameter audit_sys_operations;

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE 


------------------------------------ -----------

------------------------------ 

audit_sys_operations                 boolean     TRUE 

SQL> show user;
USER is "SYS"
SQL>
SQL> select sqltext from sys.aud$ where ntimestamp# between to_date('01-07-09 13:15','MM-DD-RR HH24:MI') and sysdate;

SQLTEXT

---

---

SQL> select count(1) from sys.aud$ where ntimestamp# between to_date('01-07-09 13:15','MM-DD-RR HH24:MI') and sysdate;

  COUNT(1)

---

         1

SQL> create table test(a number);

Table created.

SQL> insert into test values (1);

1 row created.

SQL> delete from test;

1 row deleted.

SQL> drop table test;

Table dropped.

SQL> select count(1) from sys.aud$ where ntimestamp# between to_date('01-07-09 13:15','MM-DD-RR HH24:MI') and sysdate;

  COUNT(1)

---

         1

No new rows added.. What's the deal?

Dc.

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