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b0d623f7 23.Dd April 19, 2005
2d21ac55 24.Dt AUDITCTL 2
b0d623f7 25.Os
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26.Sh NAME
27.Nm auditctl
b0d623f7 28.Nd "configure system audit parameters"
2d21ac55 29.Sh SYNOPSIS
b0d623f7 30.In bsm/audit.h
2d21ac55 31.Ft int
b0d623f7 32.Fn auditctl "const char *path"
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33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Fn auditctl
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36system call directs the kernel to open a new audit trail log file.
37It requires an appropriate privilege.
38The
39.Fn auditctl
40system call
41opens new files, but
42.Xr auditon 2
43is used to disable the audit log.
2d21ac55 44.Sh RETURN VALUES
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45.Rv -std
46.Sh ERRORS
47The
48.Fn auditctl
49system call will fail if:
50.Bl -tag -width Er
51.It Bq Er EINVAL
52The path is invalid.
53.It Bq Er EPERM
54The process does not have sufficient permission to complete the
55operation.
56.El
2d21ac55 57.Sh SEE ALSO
2d21ac55 58.Xr auditon 2 ,
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59.Xr libbsm 3 ,
60.Xr auditd 8
2d21ac55 61.Sh HISTORY
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62The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
63division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.\& in 2004.
64It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for
65the OpenBSM distribution.
66.Sh AUTHORS
67.An -nosplit
68This software was created by McAfee Research, the security research division
69of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.
70Additional authors include
71.An Wayne Salamon ,
72.An Robert Watson ,
73and SPARTA Inc.
74.Pp
75The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event
76stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.
77.Pp
78This manual page was written by
79.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org .