Great, that works. This is all giving me a much better idea how this thing 
operates...

Am Donnerstag, 10. März 2016 14:58:28 UTC+1 schrieb dan (ddpbsd):
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Armin M <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> > Ok, but further to that: This ssh "bug" does indeed trigger rule 5301 
> which 
> > is level 5 and below the active-response level 6 but still a kind of 
> false 
> > positive. So the question actually remains: How can I whitelist this 
> > particular message pattern in auth.log? 
> > 
>
> The pam_systemd log message? Perhaps a rule like the following in your 
> local_rules.xml (untested, since I get different results for this log 
> message than you do): 
> <rule id="YOUR_RULE_ID" level="0"> 
>   <if_sid>5301</if_sid> 
>   <match>^pam_systemd(su:session): Failed to create session: No such 
> file or directory$</match> 
>   <description>Ignore pam_systemd fluff log.</description> 
> </rule> 
>
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 10. März 2016 13:28:50 UTC+1 schrieb Armin M: 
> >>> 
> >>> Are you sure it was this log message that caused you to be locked out? 
> >>> There is no information in that log message that could be used in an 
> >>> active response. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> right, I just realized that the active-responses.log references the 
> rule 
> >> it was triggered from, in my case 40101 and the fact that I logged in 
> as 
> >> www. Ok, bad practice, no issue then. 
> > 
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