setaudproc(2)                                                 setaudproc(2)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      setaudproc - controls process level auditing for the current process
      and its decendents

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      #include <sys/audit.h>

      int setaudproc(int aflag);

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      setaudproc() controls process level auditing for the current process
      and its decendents.  It accomplishes this by setting or clearing the
      u_audproc flag in the u area of the calling process.  When this flag
      is set, the system audits the process; when it is cleared, the process
      is not audited.  This call is restricted to super-users.

      One of the following aflags must be used:

           AUD_PROC       Audit the calling process and its decendents.
           AUD_CLEAR      Do not audit the calling process and its
                          decendents.

      The u_audproc flag is inherited by the descendents of a process.
      consequently, the effect of a call to setaudproc() is not limited to
      the current process, but propagates to all its decendents as well.
      For example, if setaudproc() is called with the AUD_PROC flag, all
      subsequent audited system calls in the current process and its
      descendents are audited until setaudproc() is called with the
      AUD_CLEAR flag.

      Further, setaudproc() performs its action regardless of whether the
      user executing the process has been selected to be audited or not.
      For example, if setaudproc() is called with the AUD_PROC (or the
      AUD_CLEAR) flag, all subsequent audited system calls will be audited
      (or not audited), regardless of whether the user executing the process
      has been selected for auditing or not.

      Due to these features, setaudproc() should not be used in most selfauditing
 applications.  audswitch() should be used (see audswitch(2))
      when the objective is to suspend auditing within a process without
      affecting its decendents or overriding the user selection aspect of
      the auditing system.

 RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]
      Upon successful completion, setaudproc() returns 0; otherwise, it
      returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      setaudproc() was developed by HP.





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 setaudproc(2)                                                 setaudproc(2)




 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      getaudproc(2), audswitch(2), audusr(1M), audevent(1M), audit(5).


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