no way to log network connections and traffic of applications (processes)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
rsyslog (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The kernel / netfilter is lacking the the ability to identify the local origin of network conection. (see comments)
This lack was first reported against loging facilities, but tracked down to kernel disability.
Please foreward / reassign to handle this as appropriate.
original post:
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The gnome "Log File Viewer" does not log the Process Name (or Application Name) that generated the log item. For example, if an outbound internet connection is blocked and this event is logged, only the "ID" (i.e., PID) is shown in the report. But the PID is useless because it is ephemeral and does not live past the session. Users are left with no way to learn what Application or Process was responsible for generating the log item.
The "Process Name" should be listed in log items instead of the PID.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-utils 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 4 08:05:47 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
XsessionErrors: (polkit-
Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
affects: | gnome-utils (Ubuntu) → rsyslog (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- Log File Viewer does not log "Process Name" + no way to log network connections and traffic of applications |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
no way to log network connections and traffic of applications + (processes) |
no longer affects: | iptables (Ubuntu) |
the log viewer only displays system logs, it's not the software recording those