Set up event notification in Novell AppArmor so you can review security events. Event Notification is an Novell AppArmor feature that informs a specified e-mail recipient when systemic Novell AppArmor activity occurs under the chosen severity level. This feature is currently available in the YaST interface.
To set up event notification in YaST, proceed as follows:
Make sure that a mail server is running on your system to deliver the event notifications.
Start YaST. Then select
+ . In , select .For each record type (
, , and ), set a report frequency, enter the e-mail address that should receive the reports, and determine the severity of events to log. To include unknown events in the event reports, check .![]() | Selecting Events to Log |
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Unless you are familiar with AppArmor's event categorization, choose to be notified about events for all security levels. |
Leave this dialog with
+ to apply your settings.Using Novell AppArmor reports, you can read important Novell AppArmor security events reported in the log files without manually sifting through the cumbersome messages only useful to the aa-logprof tool. You can decrease the size of the report by filtering by date range or program name.
To configure the AppArmor reports, proceed as follows:
Start YaST. Select
+ .Select the type of report to examine or configure from
, , and .Edit the report generation frequency, e-mail address, export format, and location of the reports by selecting
and providing the requested data.To run a report of the selected type, click
.Browse through the archived reports of a given type by selecting
and specifying the report type.or
Delete unneeded reports or add new ones.
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For more information about configuring event notification in Novell AppArmor, refer to Section 26.2, “Configuring Security Event Notification”. Find more information about report configuration in Section 26.3, “Configuring Reports”. |