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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 uid)

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
  uid - The auid of the person related to the avc message

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

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 15:04