AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)            Linux Audit API           AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)

NAME
       audit_set_failure - Set audit failure flag

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_set_failure(int fd, uint32_t failure);


DESCRIPTION
       audit_set_failure sets the action that the kernel will perform when the
       backlog limit is reached or when it encounters an error and cannot
       proceed. Possible values are:


       0 - AUDIT_FAIL_SILENT
              Do nothing, report nothing, skip logging the record and
              continue.


       1 - AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK [default]
              Log the audit record using printk which will cause subsequent
              events to get written to syslog.


       2 - AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC
              Call the panic function. This would be used to prevent use of
              the machine upon loss of audit events.


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


SEE ALSO
       audit_set_backlog_limit(3), audit_open(3), auditd(8), auditctl(8).


AUTHOR
       Steve Grubb

Red Hat                            June 2015              AUDIT_SET_FAILURE(3)