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26.Dd December 2, 2016
27.Dt AU_CONTROL 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm setac ,
31.Nm endac ,
32.Nm getacdir ,
33.Nm getacdist ,
34.Nm getacexpire ,
35.Nm getacfilesz ,
36.Nm getacflg ,
37.Nm getachost ,
38.Nm getacmin ,
39.Nm getacna ,
40.Nm getacpol ,
41.Nm au_poltostr ,
42.Nm au_strtopol
43.Nd "look up information from the audit_control database"
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb libbsm
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In bsm/libbsm.h
48.Ft void
49.Fn setac void
50.Ft void
51.Fn endac void
52.Ft int
53.Fn getacdir "char *name" "int len"
54.Ft int
55.Fn getacdist "void"
56.Ft int
57.Fn getacexpire "int *andflg" "time_t *age" "size_t *size"
58.Ft int
59.Fn getacfilesz "size_t *size_val"
60.Ft int
61.Fn getacflg "char *auditstr" "int len"
62.Ft int
63.Fn getachost "char *auditstr" "int len"
64.Ft int
65.Fn getacmin "int *min_val"
66.Ft int
67.Fn getacna "char *auditstr" "int len"
68.Ft int
69.Fn getacpol "char *auditstr" "size_t len"
70.Ft int
71.Fn getacqsize "int *size_val"
72.Ft ssize_t
73.Fn au_poltostr "int policy" "size_t maxsize" "char *buf"
74.Ft int
75.Fn au_strtopol "const char *polstr" "int *policy"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77These interfaces may be used to look up information from the
78.Xr audit_control 5
79database, which contains various audit-related administrative parameters.
80.Pp
81The
82.Fn setac
83function
84resets the database iterator to the beginning of the database; see the
85.Sx BUGS
86section for more information.
87.Pp
88The
89.Fn endac
90function
91closes the
92.Xr audit_control 5
93database.
94.Pp
95The
96.Fn getacdir
97function
98returns the name of the directory where log data is stored via the passed
99character buffer
100.Fa name
101of length
102.Fa len .
103.Pp
104The
105.Fn getacdist
106function returns a value that allows to decide if trail files distribution is
107turned on or off.
108.Pp
109The
110.Fn getacexpire
111function
112returns the audit trail file expiration parameters in the passed
113.Vt int
114buffer
115.Fa andflg ,
116.Vt time_t
117buffer
118.Fa age
119and
120.Vt size_t
121buffer
122.Fa size .
123If the parameter is not specified in the
124.Xr audit_control 5
125file it is set to zero.
126.Pp
127The
128.Fn getacfilesz
129function
130returns the audit trail rotation size in the passed
131.Vt size_t
132buffer
133.Fa size_val .
134.Pp
135The
136.Fn getacflg
137function
138returns the audit system flags via the the passed character buffer
139.Fa auditstr
140of length
141.Fa len .
142.Pp
143The
144.Fn getachost
145function
146returns the local systems's audit host information via the the passed character
147buffer
148.Fa auditstr
149of length
150.Fa len .
151.Pp
152The
153.Fn getacmin
154function
155returns the minimum free disk space for the audit log target file system via
156the passed
157.Fa min_val
158variable.
159.Pp
160The
161.Fn getacna
162function
163returns the non-attributable flags via the passed character buffer
164.Fa auditstr
165of length
166.Fa len .
167.Pp
168The
169.Fn getacpol
170function
171returns the audit policy flags via the passed character buffer
172.Fa auditstr
173of length
174.Fa len .
175.Pp
176The
177.Fn getacqsize
178function returns the size of the audit post-commit queue in the passed
179.Fa size_val
180buffer.
181If the parameter is not specified in the
182.Xr audit_control 5
183file it is set to
184.Dv -1 ,
185indicating that the kernel's default queue size is being used.
186.Pp
187The
188.Fn au_poltostr
189function
190converts a numeric audit policy mask,
191.Fa policy ,
192to a string in the passed character buffer
193.Fa buf
194of lenth
195.Fa maxsize .
196.Pp
197The
198.Fn au_strtopol
199function
200converts an audit policy flags string,
201.Fa polstr ,
202to a numeric audit policy mask returned via
203.Fa policy .
204.Sh RETURN VALUES
205The
206.Fn getacfilesz ,
207.Fn getacdir ,
208.Fn getacexpire ,
209.Fn getacflg ,
210.Fn getachost ,
211.Fn getacmin ,
212.Fn getacna ,
213.Fn getacpol ,
214.Fn getacqsize ,
215and
216.Fn au_strtopol
217functions
218return 0 on success, or a negative value on failure, along with error
219information in
220.Va errno .
221.Pp
222The
223.Fn au_poltostr
224function
225returns a string length of 0 or more on success, or a negative value on
226if there is a failure.
227.Pp
228The
229.Fn getacdist
230function returns 1 if trail files distribution is turned on, 0 if it is turned
231off or negative value on failure.
232.Pp
233Functions that return a string value will return a failure if there is
234insufficient room in the passed character buffer for the full string.
235.Sh SEE ALSO
236.Xr libbsm 3 ,
237.Xr audit_control 5
238.Sh HISTORY
239The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
240division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer, Inc., in 2004.
241It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for
242the OpenBSM distribution.
243.Sh AUTHORS
244.An -nosplit
245This software was created by
246.An Robert Watson ,
247.An Wayne Salamon ,
248and
249.An Suresh Krishnaswamy
250for McAfee Research, the security research division of McAfee,
251Inc., under contract to Apple Computer, Inc.
252.Pp
253The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event
254stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.
255.Sh BUGS
256These routines cannot currently distinguish between an entry not being found
257and an error accessing the database.
258The implementation should be changed to return an error via
259.Va errno
260when
261.Dv NULL
262is returned.
263.Pp
264There is no reason for the
265.Fn setac
266interface to be exposed as part of the public API, as it is called implicitly
267by other access functions and iteration is not supported.
268.Pp
269These interfaces inconsistently return various negative values depending on
270the failure mode, and do not always set
271.Va errno
272on failure.
273