AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)						  Linux Audit API					      AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)

NAME

       audit_set_failure - Set audit failure flag

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_set_failure (int fd, int failure);

DESCRIPTION

       audit_set_failure  sets the action that the kernel will perform when the backlog limit is reached or when it encounters an error and cannot
       proceed. Possible values are:

       0 - AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK [default]
	      Log the audit record using printk which will cause subsequent events to get written to syslog.

       1 - AUDIT_FAIL_SILENT
	      Do nothing, report nothing, skip logging the record and continue.

       2 - AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC
	      Call the panic function. This would be used to prevent use of the machine upon loss of audit events.

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

       audit_set_backlog(3), audit_open(3), auditd(8), auditctl(8).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

Red Hat 							     Oct 2006						      AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)