audit_log_user_avc_message(3) — Linux manual page

AUDIT_LOG_U...AVC_MESSAGE(3) Linux Audit APIAUDIT_LOG_U...AVC_MESSAGE(3)

NAME

       audit_log_user_avc_message - log a user avc message

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_log_user_avc_message(int audit_fd, int type, const char
       *message, const char *hostname, const char *addr, const char
       *tty, uid_t auid)

DESCRIPTION

       This function will log a message to the audit system using a
       predefined message format. This function should be used by all
       apps that are SE Linux object managers. The function parameters
       are as follows:

       audit_fd - The fd returned by audit_open
       type - type of message, ex: AUDIT_USER_AVC
       message - the message being sent
       hostname - the hostname if known
       addr - The network address of the user
       tty - The tty of the user, if NULL will attempt to figure out
       auid - The auid of the person related to the avc message

       These values should correspond to who the message is about.

RETURN VALUE

       It returns the sequence number which is > 0 on success or <= 0 on
       error.

ERRORS

       This function returns -1 on failure. Examine errno for more info.

SEE ALSO

       audit_log_user_message(3), audit_log_acct_message(3),
       audit_log_user_comm_message(3), audit_log_semanage_message(3).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

COLOPHON

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Red Hat                         Oct 2006    AUDIT_LOG_U...AVC_MESSAGE(3)

Pages that refer to this page: audit_encode_nv_string(3), audit_log_acct_message(3), audit_log_semanage_message(3), audit_log_user_command(3), audit_log_user_comm_message(3), audit_log_user_message(3)

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