.TH "AUDIT_REQUEST_STATUS" "3" "Oct 2006" "Red Hat" "Linux Audit API"
.SH NAME
audit_request_status \- Request status of the audit system
.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.B #include <libaudit.h>
.sp
int audit_request_status (int fd);

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
audit_request_status requests that the kernel send status structure describing various settings. The audit_status structure is as follows:

.RS
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struct audit_status {
   __u32   mask;           /* Bit mask for valid entries */
   __u32   enabled;        /* 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled */
   __u32   failure;        /* Failure-to-log action */
   __u32   pid;            /* pid of auditd process */
   __u32   rate_limit;     /* messages rate limit (per second) */
   __u32   backlog_limit;  /* waiting messages limit */
   __u32   lost;           /* messages lost */
   __u32   backlog;        /* messages waiting in queue */
};
.fi
.ta
.RE

.SH "RETURN VALUE"

The return value is <= 0 on error, otherwise it is the netlink sequence id number. This function can have any error that sendto would encounter.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR audit_open (3),
.BR audit_get_reply (3),
.BR auditd (8).

.SH AUTHOR
Steve Grubb