AUDIT_REQUEST_FEATURES(3) Linux Audit API AUDIT_REQUEST_FEATURES(3)

audit_request_features - request audit feature bitmap

#include <libaudit.h>

int audit_request_features(int fd);

audit_request_features() requests that the kernel send a structure describing supported audit features on fd which must be an open audit netlink socket.

The return value is <= 0 on error, otherwise it is the netlink sequence id number. This function can have any error that sendto(2) would encounter.

audit_get_features(3), audit_open(3), auditd(8).

Steve Grubb

July 2025 Red Hat