Query: audit_open
OS: suse
Section: 3
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AUDIT_OPEN(3) Linux Audit API AUDIT_OPEN(3)NAMEaudit_open - Open a audit netlink socket connectionSYNOPSIS#include <libaudit.h> int audit_open (void);DESCRIPTIONaudit_open creates a NETLINK_AUDIT socket for communication with the kernel part of the Linux Audit Subsystem. The audit system uses the ACK feature of netlink. This means that every message to the kernel will return a netlink status packet even if the operation succeeds.RETURN VALUEReturns -1 if an error occurs; otherwise, the return value is a descriptor referencing the socket.SEE ALSOnetlink(7).AUTHORSteve Grubb Red Hat Oct 2006 AUDIT_OPEN(3)