auditctl(2) configure system audit parameters

SYNOPSIS

In bsm/audit.h Ft int Fn auditctl const char *path

DESCRIPTION

The Fn auditctl system call directs the kernel to open a new audit trail log file. It requires an appropriate privilege. The Fn auditctl system call opens new files, but auditon(2) is used to disable the audit log.

RETURN VALUES

Rv -std

ERRORS

The Fn auditctl system call will fail if:

Bq Er EINVAL
The path is invalid.
Bq Er EPERM
The process does not have sufficient permission to complete the operation.

HISTORY

The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. in 2004. It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for the OpenBSM distribution.

AUTHORS

An -nosplit This software was created by McAfee Research, the security research division of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. Additional authors include An Wayne Salamon , An Robert Watson , and SPARTA Inc.

The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.

This manual page was written by An Robert Watson Aq [email protected] .