opensolaris man page for au_user_mask

au_user_mask(3BSM)				      Security and Auditing Library Functions					au_user_mask(3BSM)

NAME
       au_user_mask - get user's binary preselection mask

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag... ] file... -lbsm  -lsocket	-lnsl	[ library... ]
       #include <bsm/libbsm.h>

       int au_user_mask(char *username, au_mask_t *mask_p);

DESCRIPTION
       The  au_user_mask()  function  reads  the  default, system wide audit classes from  audit_control(4), combines them with the per-user audit
       classes from the audit_user(4) database, and updates the binary preselection mask pointed to by mask_p with the combined value.

       The audit flags in the flags field of the audit_control(4) database and the always-audit-flags and never-audit-flags from the audit_user(4)
       database represent binary audit classes. These fields are combined by au_preselect(3BSM) as follows:

       mask = ( flags +  always-audit-flags) -	never-audit-flags

       The au_user_mask() function fails only if both the both the audit_control(4) and the audit_user(4) database entries could not be retrieved.
       This allows for flexible configurations.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, au_user_mask() returns 0. It fails and returns -1 if both the  audit_control(4) and the  audit_user(4) database
       entries could not be retrieved.

FILES
       /etc/security/audit_control

	   file containing default parameters read by the audit daemon, auditd(1M)

       /etc/security/audit_user

	   file that stores per-user audit event mask

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Stable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       login(1),  bsmconv(1M), getaudit(2), setaudit(2), au_preselect(3BSM), getacinfo(3BSM), getauusernam(3BSM), audit_control(4), audit_user(4),
       attributes(5)

NOTES
       The au_user_mask() function should be called by programs like login(1) which set a process's preselection  mask	with  setaudit(2).  getau-
       dit(2) should be used to obtain audit characteristics for the current process.

       The  functionality  described  on  this	manual	page is available only if the Solaris Auditing has been enabled.  See bsmconv(1M) for more
       information.

SunOS 5.11							    31 Mar 2005 						au_user_mask(3BSM)