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27.Dd April 19, 2005
28.Dt AUDITCTL 2
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm auditctl
32.Nd "configure system audit parameters"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In bsm/audit.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn auditctl "const char *path"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn auditctl
40system call directs the kernel to open a new audit trail log file.
41It requires an appropriate privilege.
42The
43.Fn auditctl
44system call
45opens new files, but
46.Xr auditon 2
47is used to disable the audit log.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49.Rv -std
50.Sh ERRORS
51The
52.Fn auditctl
53system call will fail if:
54.Bl -tag -width Er
55.It Bq Er EINVAL
56The path is invalid.
57.It Bq Er EPERM
58The process does not have sufficient permission to complete the
59operation.
60.El
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr auditon 2 ,
63.Xr libbsm 3 ,
64.Xr auditd 8
65.Sh HISTORY
66The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
67division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.\& in 2004.
68It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for
69the OpenBSM distribution.
70.Sh AUTHORS
71.An -nosplit
72This software was created by McAfee Research, the security research division
73of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.
74Additional authors include
75.An Wayne Salamon ,
76.An Robert Watson ,
77and SPARTA Inc.
78.Pp
79The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event
80stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.
81.Pp
82This manual page was written by
83.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org .
84