debian man page for audit_open

Query: audit_open

OS: debian

Section: 3

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AUDIT_OPEN(3)							  Linux Audit API						     AUDIT_OPEN(3)

NAME
audit_open - Open a audit netlink socket connection
SYNOPSIS
#include <libaudit.h> int audit_open (void);
DESCRIPTION
audit_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 VALUE
Returns -1 if an error occurs; otherwise, the return value is a descriptor referencing the socket.
SEE ALSO
netlink(7).
AUTHOR
Steve Grubb Red Hat Oct 2006 AUDIT_OPEN(3)
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