NAME¶
audit_setloginuid - Set a program's loginuid value
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <libaudit.h>
int audit_setloginuid(uid_t uid);
DESCRIPTION¶
This function sets the task attribute loginuid with the value of uid. The
loginuid value may only be set by programs with the CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL
capability. This normally means the root account.
The loginuid value is part of the task structure and is inheritted by child
processes. It is used to track what account a user gained system access with.
All system entry point programs should set this value right before changing to
the uid of the user granted access so that audit events are properly
attributed to the that user.
RETURN VALUE¶
This function returns 0 on success and non-zero otherwise.
SEE ALSO¶
audit_getloginuid(3),
pam_loginuid(8).
AUTHOR¶
Steve Grubb