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aa-audit — Set AppArmor security profiles to audit mode. More information: <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmo

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Problem

How to use the aa-audit command: Set AppArmor security profiles to audit mode. More information: <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/wikis/manpage_aa-audit.8>.

Solution

aa-audit — Set AppArmor security profiles to audit mode. More information: <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/wikis/manpage_aa-audit.8>.

Set a profile to audit mode:

sudo aa-audit {{profile_name}}

Set multiple profiles to audit mode:

sudo aa-audit {{profile1 profile2 ...}}

Set a profile to audit mode from a specific directory:

sudo aa-audit {{[-d|--dir]}} /{{path/to/profiles}} {{profile_name}}

Force audit mode even if already applied:

sudo aa-audit --force {{profile_name}}

Set a profile to audit mode without reloading it:

sudo aa-audit --no-reload {{profile_name}}

Remove audit mode for a profile:

sudo aa-audit {{[-r|--remove]}} {{profile_name}}

Display help:

aa-audit {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Set a profile to audit mode

sudo aa-audit {{profile_name}}

Set multiple profiles to audit mode

sudo aa-audit {{profile1 profile2 ...}}

Set a profile to audit mode from a specific directory

sudo aa-audit {{[-d|--dir]}} /{{path/to/profiles}} {{profile_name}}

Force audit mode even if already applied

sudo aa-audit --force {{profile_name}}

Set a profile to audit mode without reloading it

sudo aa-audit --no-reload {{profile_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/aa-audit

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