--- a/utils/aa-notify
+++ b/utils/aa-notify
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# /etc/apparmor/notify.conf:
-# # set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
-# show_notifications="yes"
-#
-# # only people in use_group can run this script
-# use_group="admin"
-#
-# $HOME/.apparmor/notify.conf can have:
-# # set to 'yes' to enable AppArmor DENIED notifications
-# show_notifications="yes"
-#
 # In a typical desktop environment one would run as a service the
 # command:
 #   /usr/bin/aa-notify -p -w 10
@@ -35,7 +24,6 @@ import re
 import sys
 import time
 import struct
-import notify2
 import psutil
 import pwd
 import grp
@@ -60,56 +48,9 @@ def get_user_login():
             username = os.getlogin()
     return username
 
-
-def get_last_login_timestamp(username):
-    '''Directly read wtmp and get last login for user as epoch timestamp'''
-    timestamp = 0
-    filename = '/var/log/wtmp'
-    last_login = 0
-
-    debug_logger.debug('Username: {}'.format(username))
-
-    with open(filename, "rb") as wtmp_file:
-        offset = 0
-        wtmp_filesize = os.path.getsize(filename)
-        debug_logger.debug('WTMP filesize: {}'.format(wtmp_filesize))
-        while offset < wtmp_filesize:
-            wtmp_file.seek(offset)
-            offset += 384  # Increment for next entry
-
-            type = struct.unpack("<L", wtmp_file.read(4))[0]
-            debug_logger.debug('WTMP entry type: {}'.format(type))
-
-            # Only parse USER lines
-            if type == 7:
-                # Read each item and move pointer forward
-                pid = struct.unpack("<L", wtmp_file.read(4))[0]
-                line = wtmp_file.read(32).decode("utf-8", "replace").split('\0', 1)[0]
-                id = wtmp_file.read(4).decode("utf-8", "replace").split('\0', 1)[0]
-                user = wtmp_file.read(32).decode("utf-8", "replace").split('\0', 1)[0]
-                host = wtmp_file.read(256).decode("utf-8", "replace").split('\0', 1)[0]
-                term = struct.unpack("<H", wtmp_file.read(2))[0]
-                exit = struct.unpack("<H", wtmp_file.read(2))[0]
-                session = struct.unpack("<L", wtmp_file.read(4))[0]
-                timestamp = struct.unpack("<L", wtmp_file.read(4))[0]
-                usec = struct.unpack("<L", wtmp_file.read(4))[0]
-                entry = (pid, line, id, user, host, term, exit, session, timestamp, usec)
-                debug_logger.debug('WTMP entry: {}'.format(entry))
-
-                # Store login timestamp for requested user
-                if user == username:
-                    last_login = timestamp
-
-    # When loop is done, last value should be the latest login timestamp
-    return last_login
-
-
 def format_event(event, logsource):
     output = []
 
-    if 'message_body' in config['']:
-        output += [config['']['message_body']]
-
     if event.profile:
         output += ['Profile: {}'.format(event.profile)]
     if event.operation:
@@ -126,7 +67,6 @@ def format_event(event, logsource):
 
     return "\n".join(output)
 
-
 def notify_about_new_entries(logfile, wait=0):
     # Kill other instances of aa-notify if already running
     for process in psutil.process_iter():
@@ -154,7 +94,6 @@ def notify_about_new_entries(logfile, wa
         # print("parent: %d, child: %d\n" % pids)
         os._exit(0)  # Exit child without calling exit handlers etc
 
-
 def show_entries_since_epoch(logfile, epoch_since):
     count = 0
     for event in get_apparmor_events(logfile, epoch_since):
@@ -172,26 +111,7 @@ def show_entries_since_epoch(logfile, ep
     )
 
     if args.verbose:
-        if 'message_footer' in config['']:
-            print(config['']['message_footer'])
-        else:
-            print(_('For more information, please see: {}').format(debug_docs_url))
-
-
-def show_entries_since_last_login(logfile, username=get_user_login()):
-    # If running as sudo, use username of sudo user instead of root
-    if 'SUDO_USER' in os.environ.keys():
-        username = os.environ['SUDO_USER']
-
-    if args.verbose:
-        print(_('Showing entries since {} logged in').format(username))
-        print() # Newline
-    epoch_since = get_last_login_timestamp(username)
-    if epoch_since == 0:
-        print(_('ERROR: Could not find last login'), file=sys.stderr)
-        sys.exit(1)
-    show_entries_since_epoch(logfile, epoch_since)
-
+        print(_('For more information, please see: {}').format(debug_docs_url))
 
 def show_entries_since_days(logfile, since_days):
     day_in_seconds = 60*60*24
@@ -199,7 +119,6 @@ def show_entries_since_days(logfile, sin
     epoch_since = epoch_now - day_in_seconds * since_days
     show_entries_since_epoch(logfile, epoch_since)
 
-
 def follow_apparmor_events(logfile, wait=0):
     '''Follow AppArmor events and yield relevant entries until process stops'''
 
@@ -247,7 +166,6 @@ def follow_apparmor_events(logfile, wait
 
             time.sleep(1)
 
-
 def reopen_logfile_if_needed(logfile, logdata, log_inode, log_size):
     retry = True
 
@@ -279,7 +197,6 @@ def reopen_logfile_if_needed(logfile, lo
 
     return (logdata, log_inode, log_size)
 
-
 def get_apparmor_events(logfile, since=0):
     '''Read audit events from log source and yield all relevant events'''
 
@@ -293,7 +210,6 @@ def get_apparmor_events(logfile, since=0
     except PermissionError:
         sys.exit(_("ERROR: Cannot read {}. Please check permissions.".format(logfile)))
 
-
 def parse_logdata(logsource):
     '''Traverse any iterable log source and extract relevant AppArmor events'''
 
@@ -327,53 +243,6 @@ def parse_logdata(logsource):
             if event.operation[0:8] != 'profile_':
                 yield event
 
-
-def drop_privileges():
-    '''If running as root, drop privileges to USER if known, or fall-back to nobody_user/group'''
-
-    if os.geteuid() == 0:
-
-        if 'SUDO_USER' in os.environ.keys():
-            next_username = os.environ['SUDO_USER']
-            next_uid = os.environ['SUDO_UID']
-            next_gid = os.environ['SUDO_GID']
-        else:
-            nobody_user_info = pwd.getpwnam(nobody_user)
-            next_username = nobody_user_info[0]
-            next_uid = nobody_user_info[2]
-            next_gid = nobody_user_info[3]
-
-        debug_logger.debug('Dropping to user "{}" privileges'.format(next_username))
-
-        # @TODO?
-        # Remove group privileges, including potential 'adm' group that might
-        # have had log read access but also other accesses.
-        # os.setgroups([])
-
-        # Try setting the new uid/gid
-        # Set gid first, otherwise the latter step would fail on missing permissions
-        os.setegid(int(next_gid))
-        os.seteuid(int(next_uid))
-
-def raise_privileges():
-    '''If was running as user with saved user ID 0, raise back to root privileges'''
-
-    if os.geteuid() != 0 and original_effective_user == 0:
-
-        debug_logger.debug('Rasing privileges from UID {} back to UID 0 (root)'.format(os.geteuid()))
-
-        # os.setgid(int(next_gid))
-        os.seteuid(original_effective_user)
-
-def read_notify_conf(path, shell_config):
-    try:
-        shell_config.CONF_DIR = path
-        conf_dict = shell_config.read_config('notify.conf')
-        debug_logger.debug('Found configuration file in {}/notify.conf'.format(shell_config.CONF_DIR))
-        return conf_dict
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        return {}
-
 def main():
     '''
     Main function of aa-notify that parses command line
@@ -381,10 +250,9 @@ def main():
     '''
 
     global _, debug_logger, config, args
-    global debug_docs_url, nobody_user, original_effective_user, timeformat
+    global debug_docs_url, original_effective_user, timeformat
 
     debug_docs_url = "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor"
-    nobody_user = "nobody"
     timeformat = "%c"  # Automatically using locale format
     original_effective_user = os.geteuid()
 
@@ -403,180 +271,37 @@ def main():
     debug_logger.debug("Starting aa-notify")
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Display AppArmor notifications or messages for DENIED entries.'))
-    parser.add_argument('-p', '--poll', action='store_true', help=_('poll AppArmor logs and display notifications'))
-    parser.add_argument('--display', type=str, help=_('set the DISPLAY environment variable (might be needed if sudo resets $DISPLAY)'))
-    parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', type=str, help=_('search FILE for AppArmor messages'))
-    parser.add_argument('-l', '--since-last', action='store_true', help=_('display stats since last login'))
-    parser.add_argument('-s', '--since-days', type=int, metavar=('NUM'), help=_('show stats for last NUM days (can be used alone or with -p)'))
-    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help=_('show messages with stats'))
-    parser.add_argument('-u', '--user', type=str, help=_('user to drop privileges to when not using sudo'))
-    parser.add_argument('-w', '--wait', type=int, metavar=('NUM'), help=_('wait NUM seconds before displaying notifications (with -p)'))
-    parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', help=_('debug mode'))
-    parser.add_argument('--configdir', type=str, help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', type=str, help=_('Logfile to parse for AppArmor messages'))
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--since-days', type=int, metavar=('NUM'), help=_('Show stats for last NUM days'))
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help=_('Show messages with stats'))
+    parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', help=_('Debug mode'))
 
     # If a TTY then assume running in test mode and fix output width
     if not sys.stdout.isatty():
         parser.formatter_class = lambda prog: argparse.HelpFormatter(prog, width=80)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    args.user = 'root'
 
     # Debug mode can be invoked directly with --debug or env LOGPROF_DEBUG=3
     if args.debug:
         debug_logger.activateStderr()
         debug_logger.debug('Logging level: {}'.format(debug_logger.debug_level))
         debug_logger.debug('Running as uid: {0[0]}, euid: {0[1]}, suid: {0[2]}'.format(os.getresuid()))
-        if args.poll:
-            debug_logger.debug('Running with --debug and --poll. Will exit in 100s')
-    # Sanity checks
-    user_ids = os.getresuid()
-    groups_ids = os.getresgid()
-    if user_ids[1] != user_ids[2]:
-        sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot be started with suid set!")
-    if groups_ids[1] != groups_ids[2]:
-        sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot be started with sgid set!")
 
-    # Define global variables that will be populated by init_aa()
-    # conf = None
     logfile = None
 
-    if args.configdir:  # prefer --configdir if given
-        confdir = args.configdir
-    else:  # fallback to env variable (or None if not set)
-        confdir = os.getenv('__AA_CONFDIR')
-
-    aa.init_aa(confdir=confdir)
-
     # Initialize aa.logfile
-    aa.set_logfile(args.file)
-
-    # Load global config reader
-    shell_config = aaconfig.Config('shell')
-
-    # Load system's notify.conf
-    # By default aa.CONFDIR is /etc/apparmor on most production systems
-    system_config = read_notify_conf(aa.CONFDIR, shell_config)
-    # Set default is no system notify.conf was found
-    if not system_config:
-        system_config = {'': {'show_notifications': 'yes'}}
-
-    # Load user's notify.conf
-    if os.path.isfile(os.environ['HOME'] + '/.apparmor/notify.conf'):
-        # Use legacy path if the conf file is there
-        user_config = read_notify_conf(os.environ['HOME'] + '/.apparmor', shell_config)
-    elif 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' in os.environ and os.path.isfile(os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME'] + '/apparmor/notify.conf'):
-        # Use XDG_CONFIG_HOME if it is defined
-        user_config = read_notify_conf(os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME'] + '/apparmor', shell_config)
-    else:
-        # Fallback to the default value of XDG_CONFIG_HOME
-        user_config = read_notify_conf(os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/apparmor', shell_config)
-
-    # Merge the two config dicts in an accurate and idiomatic way (requires Python 3.5)
-    config = {**system_config, **user_config}
-
-    """
-    Possible configuration options:
-    - show_notifications
-    - message_body
-    - message_footer
-    - use_group
-    """
-
-    # # Config checks
-
-    # Warn about unknown keys in the config
-    allowed_config_keys = [
-        'use_group',
-        'show_notifications',
-        'message_body',
-        'message_footer'
-    ]
-    found_config_keys = config[''].keys()
-    unknown_keys = [item for item in found_config_keys if item not in allowed_config_keys]
-    for item in unknown_keys:
-        print(_('Warning! Configuration item "{}" is unknown!').format(item))
-
-    # Warn if use_group is defined and current group does not match defined
-    if 'use_group' in config['']:
-        user = pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid())[0]
-        user_groups = [g.gr_name for g in grp.getgrall() if user in g.gr_mem]
-        gid = pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_gid
-        user_groups.append(grp.getgrgid(gid).gr_name)
-
-        if config['']['use_group'] not in user_groups:
-            print(
-                _('ERROR! User {user} not member of {group} group!').format(
-                    user=user,
-                    group=config['']['use_group']
-                ),
-                file=sys.stderr
-            )
-            sys.exit(1)
-            # @TODO: Extend UI lib to have warning and error functions that
-            # can be used in an uniform way with both text and JSON output.
-
     if args.file:
         logfile = args.file
-    elif os.path.isfile('/var/run/auditd.pid') and os.path.isfile('/var/log/audit/audit.log'):
-        # If auditd is running, look at /var/log/audit/audit.log
-        logfile = '/var/log/audit/audit.log'
-    elif os.path.isfile('/var/log/kern.log'):
-        # For aa-notify, the fallback is kern.log, not syslog from aa.logfile
-        logfile = '/var/log/kern.log'
+        aa.set_logfile(args.file)
     else:
-        # If all above failed, use aa cfg
-        logfile = aa.logfile
+        logfile = '/var/log/audit/audit.log'
+        aa.set_logfile('/var/log/audit/audit.log')
 
     if args.verbose:
         print(_('Using log file'), logfile)
 
-    if args.display:
-        os.environ['DISPLAY'] = args.display
-
-    if args.poll:
-        # Exit immediately if show_notifications is no or any of the options below
-        if config['']['show_notifications'] in [False, 'no', 'false', '0']:
-            print(_('Showing notifications forbidden in notify.conf, aborting..'))
-            sys.exit(0)
-
-        # Don't allow usage of aa-notify by root, must be some user. Desktop
-        # logins as root are not recommended and certainly not a use case for
-        # aa-notify notifications.
-        if not args.user and os.getuid() == 0 and 'SUDO_USER' not in os.environ.keys():
-            sys.exit("ERROR: Cannot be started a real root user. Use --user to define what user to use.")
-
-        # At this point this script needs to be able to read 'logfile' but once
-        # the for loop starts, privileges can be dropped since the file descriptor
-        # has been opened and access granted. Further reads of the file will not
-        # trigger any new permission checks.
-        # @TODO Plan to catch PermissionError here or..?
-        for message in notify_about_new_entries(logfile, args.wait):
-
-            # Notifications should not be run as root, since root probably is
-            # the wrong desktop user and not the one getting the notifications.
-            drop_privileges()
-
-            # sudo does not preserve DBUS address, so we need to guess it based on UID
-            if 'DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS' not in os.environ:
-                os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = 'unix:path=/run/user/{}/bus'.format(os.geteuid())
-
-            # Before use, notify2 must be initialized and the DBUS channel
-            # should be opened using the non-root user. This this step needs to
-            # be executed after the drop_privileges().
-            notify2.init('AppArmor')
-
-            n = notify2.Notification(
-                _('AppArmor notification'),
-                message,
-                'gtk-dialog-warning'
-            )
-            n.show()
-
-            # When notification is sent, raise privileged back to root if the
-            # original effective user id was zero (to be able to read AppArmor logs)
-            raise_privileges()
-
-    elif args.since_last:
-        show_entries_since_last_login(logfile)
     elif args.since_days:
         show_entries_since_days(logfile, args.since_days)
     else: