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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
       audit_open(3), audit_get_reply(3), auditd(8).

AUTHOR
       Steve Grubb

Red Hat 							     Oct 2006						   AUDIT_REQUEST_STATUS(3)