audit_request_features(3) — Linux manual page

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AUDIT_REQUEST_FEATURES(3)    Linux Audit API    AUDIT_REQUEST_FEATURES(3)

NAME         top

       audit_request_features - request audit feature bitmap

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_request_features(int fd);

DESCRIPTION         top

       audit_request_features() requests that the kernel send a structure
       describing supported audit features on fd which must be an open
       audit netlink socket.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The return value is <= 0 on error, otherwise it is the netlink
       sequence id number.  This function can have any error that
       sendto(2) would encounter.

SEE ALSO         top

       audit_get_features(3), audit_open(3), auditd(8).

AUTHOR         top

       Steve Grubb

COLOPHON         top

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