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| AUDIT_REQUEST_STATUS(3) | Linux Audit API | AUDIT_REQUEST_STATUS(3) |
NAME¶
audit_request_status - Request status of the audit system
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <libaudit.h>
int audit_request_status(int fd);
DESCRIPTION¶
audit_request_status requests that the kernel send status structure describing various settings. The audit_status structure is as follows:
struct audit_status {
__u32 mask; /* Bit mask for valid entries */
__u32 enabled; /* 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled */
__u32 failure; /* Failure-to-log action */
__u32 pid; /* pid of auditd process */
__u32 rate_limit; /* messages rate limit (per second) */
__u32 backlog_limit; /* waiting messages limit */
__u32 lost; /* messages lost */
__u32 backlog; /* messages waiting in queue */
};
RETURN VALUE¶
The return value is <= 0 on error, otherwise it is the netlink sequence id number. This function can have any error that sendto would encounter.
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHOR¶
Steve Grubb
| Oct 2006 | Red Hat |