NAME

auditon − manipulate auditing

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/label.h>
#include <sys/audit.h>

int auditon (condition)
int condition;

DESCRIPTION

The auditon() system call sets system auditing to the requested condition if and only if the current state of auditing allows that transition.  Legitimate values for condition are:

AUC_UNSET on/off has not been decided yet

AUC_AUDITING auditing is to be done

AUC_NOAUDIT auditing is not to be done

The permitted transitions are:

• Any condition may be changed back to itself. 

• AUC_UNSET may be changed to AUC_AUDITING or AUC_NOAUDIT.

• AUC_AUDITING may be changed to AUC_NOAUDIT.

• AUC_NOAUDIT may be changed to AUC_AUDITING.

Once changed, it is not possible to get back to AUC_UNSET.

Only the super-user may successfully execute this call. 

RETURN VALUES

auditon() returns the old audit condition value on success.  On failure, it returns −1 and sets errno to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

EINVAL The condition specified is outside the range of valid values. 

The current condition precludes the requested change. 

EPERM Neither of the process’s effective or real user ID is super-user. 

SEE ALSO

audit(2), setuseraudit(2)

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  21 January 1990