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.Dd July 30, 2007
.Dt GETAUID 2
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm getauid
.Nd get the audit user ID of the current process  
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <bsm/audit.h>
.Ft int
.Fn getauid "au_id_t * auid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn getauid
function returns the audit user ID for the calling process. The variable pointed
at by 
.Fa auid
holds the ID returned by the system.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr audit 2 ,
.Xr auditon 2 ,
.Xr auditctl 2 ,
.Xr setauid 2 ,
.Xr getaudit 2 ,
.Xr setaudit 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getauid
function call first appeared in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).