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AUDITCTL(2)                 BSD System Calls Manual                AUDITCTL(2)

NAME
     auditctl -- specify a new file for the audit trail to log to

SYNOPSIS
     #include <bsm/audit.h>

     int
     auditctl(const char * path);

DESCRIPTION
     The auditctl() function directs the kernel to begin writing the global
     audit trail to the specified to the file specified by path.  Specifying a
     path of NULL will tell the system to stop writing to the audit trail,
     without disabling audit. To begin writing to a file again, simply pass
     another path.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     audit(2), auditon(2), getauid(2), setauid(2), getaudit(2), setaudit(2)

HISTORY
     The auditctl() function call first appeared in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).

Darwin                           July 30, 2007                          Darwin