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AUDITCTL(2) System Calls Manual AUDITCTL(2) NAME auditctl -- configure system audit parameters SYNOPSIS #include <bsm/audit.h> int auditctl(const char *path); DESCRIPTION The auditctl() system call directs the kernel to open a new audit trail log file. It requires an appropriate privilege. The auditctl() system call opens new files, but auditon(2) is used to disable the audit log. RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS The auditctl() system call will fail if: [EINVAL] The path is invalid. [EPERM] The process does not have sufficient permission to com- plete the operation. SEE ALSO auditon(2), libbsm(3), auditd(8) HISTORY The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security di- vision of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. in 2004. It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for the OpenBSM distribution. AUTHORS This software was created by McAfee Research, the security research divi- sion of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc. Additional au- thors include Wayne Salamon, Robert Watson, and SPARTA Inc. The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems. This manual page was written by Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly April 19, 2005 AUDITCTL(2)
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