# AppArmor security profiles for Docker — Use dmesg

> Here are some helpful tips for debugging any problems you might be facing with regard to AppArmor.

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Here are some helpful tips for debugging any problems you might be facing with regard to AppArmor.

AppArmor sends quite verbose messaging to dmesg. Usually an AppArmor line looks like the following

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
[ 5442.864673] audit: type=1400 audit(1453830992.845:37): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/docker" name="/home/jessie/docker/man/man1/docker-attach.1" pid=10923 comm="docker" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
```

In the above example, you can see profile=/usr/bin/docker. This means the user has the docker-engine (Docker Engine daemon) profile loaded.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
[ 3256.689120] type=1400 audit(1405454041.341:73): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" profile="docker-default" pid=17651 comm="docker" requested_mask="receive" denied_mask="receive"
```

This time the profile is docker-default, which is run on containers by default unless in privileged mode. This line shows that apparmor has denied ptrace in the container. This is exactly as expected.

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