audit_log_user_avc_message - Man Page

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

Referenced By

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).

Oct 2006 Red Hat Linux Audit API