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28.Dd April 19, 2005
29.Dt AUDITCTL 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm auditctl
33.Nd "configure system audit parameters"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In bsm/audit.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn auditctl "const char *path"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn auditctl
41system call directs the kernel to open a new audit trail log file.
42It requires an appropriate privilege.
43In the
44.Fx
45implementation,
46.Fn auditctl
47opens new files, but
48.Xr auditon 2
49is used to disable the audit log.
50In the Mac OS X implementation, passing
51.Dv NULL
52to
53.Fn auditctl
54will disable the audit log.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56.Rv -std
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr auditon 2 ,
59.Xr libbsm 3 ,
60.Xr auditd 8
61.Sh HISTORY
62The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
63division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.\& in 2004.
64It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for
65the OpenBSM distribution.
66.Sh AUTHORS
67.An -nosplit
68This software was created by McAfee Research, the security research division
69of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer Inc.
70Additional authors include
71.An Wayne Salamon ,
72.An Robert Watson ,
73and SPARTA Inc.
74.Pp
75The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event
76stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems.
77.Pp
78This manual page was written by
79.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org .
80