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23.Dd July 30, 2007
24.Dt GETAUID 2
25.Os Darwin
26.Sh NAME
27.Nm getauid
28.Nd get the audit user ID of the current process
29.Sh SYNOPSIS
30.Fd #include <bsm/audit.h>
31.Ft int
32.Fn getauid "au_id_t * auid"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Fn getauid
36function returns the audit user ID for the calling process. The variable pointed
37at by
38.Fa auid
39holds the ID returned by the system.
40.Sh RETURN VALUES
41Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
42Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
43.Va errno
44is set to indicate the error.
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr audit 2 ,
47.Xr auditon 2 ,
48.Xr auditctl 2 ,
49.Xr setauid 2 ,
50.Xr getaudit 2 ,
51.Xr setaudit 2
52.Sh HISTORY
53The
54.Fn getauid
55function call first appeared in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).