NAME

aa-notify - display information about logged AppArmor messages.

SYNOPSIS

aa-notify [option]

DESCRIPTION

aa-notify will display a summary or provide desktop notifications for AppArmor DENIED messages.

OPTIONS

aa-notify accepts the following arguments:

-p, --poll

poll AppArmor logs and display desktop notifications. Can be used with '-s' option to display a summary on startup.
--display $DISPLAY

set the DISPLAY environment variable to $DISPLAY (might be needed if sudo resets $DISPLAY)
-f FILE, --file=FILE

search FILE for AppArmor messages
-l, --since-last

show summary since last login.
-s NUM, --since-days=NUM

show summary for last NUM of days.
-u USER, --user=USER

user to drop privileges to when running privileged. When used with the -p option, this should be set to the user that will receive desktop notifications. This has no effect when running under sudo.
-w NUM, --wait=NUM

wait NUM seconds before displaying notifications (for use with -p)
-v, --verbose

show messages with summaries.
-h, --help

displays a short usage statement.

CONFIGURATION

System-wide configuration for aa-notify is done via /etc/apparmor/notify.conf:

# set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
show_notifications="yes"

# only people in use_group can use aa-notify
use_group="admin"

# OPTIONAL - custom notification message body
message_body="This is a custom notification message."

# OPTIONAL - custom notification message footer
message_footer="For more information visit https://foo.com"

Per-user configuration is done via $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apparmor/notify.conf (or the deprecated ~/.apparmor/notify.conf if it exists):

# set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
show_notifications="yes"

BUGS

aa-notify needs to be able to read the logfiles containing the AppArmor DENIED messages.