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audit_can_read - test audit related capabilities

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

NAME

audit_can_control, audit_can_write, audit_can_read − test audit related capabilities

SYNOPSIS

#include <libaudit.h>

int audit_can_control(void);
int audit_can_write(void);
int audit_can_read(void);

DESCRIPTION

audit_can_control() returns 1 if the calling process possesses the CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL capability, otherwise 0. audit_can_write() returns 1 if CAP_AUDIT_WRITE is available. audit_can_read() returns 1 if CAP_AUDIT_READ is present. When libcap-ng support is not available these functions return 1 only when the effective UID is 0.

RETURN VALUE

These functions return 1 when the capability is present and 0 otherwise.

SEE ALSO

audit_open(3).

AUTHOR

Steve Grubb


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