audit_name_to_action(3) — Linux manual page

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AUDIT_NAME_TO_ACTION(3)      Linux Audit API      AUDIT_NAME_TO_ACTION(3)

NAME top

       audit_name_to_action, audit_action_to_name - Convert the action
       name to the numeric action value to each other

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_name_to_action(const char *action);

       const char *audit_action_to_name(int action);

DESCRIPTION top

       audit_name_to_action() converts the action name ("never",
       "possible", "always") to the numeric action value (AUDIT_NEVER,
       AUDIT_POSSIBLE, AUDIT_ALWAYS).  action is the action name.

       audit_action_to_name() converts the numeric action value
       (AUDIT_NEVER, AUDIT_POSSIBLE, AUDIT_ALWAYS) to the action name
       ("never", "possible", "always").  action is the numeric action
       value

RETURN VALUE top

       audit_name_to_action() returns -1 if an error occurs; otherwise,
       the return value is the numeric action value.

       audit_action_to_name() returns NULL if an error occurs; otherwise,
       the return value is the action name.

AUTHOR top

       Steve Grubb

COLOPHON top

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