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BSD syscall#357

svc · unix #357

getaudit_addr

Retrieves the calling process's full audit information including a wide terminal id.

Prototype

int getaudit_addr(struct auditinfo_addr *auditinfo_addr, int length);

Returns: int

Arguments

NameTypeDirDescription
auditinfo_addrstruct auditinfo_addr-
lengthint-

Version history

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Notes

Returns a struct auditinfo_addr carrying auid, preselection mask, asid, flags and a termid_addr that can hold either an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Used by sudo, login, sshd and OpenSSH-style auditors to record the originating terminal of a session. Available to any process; no special privilege is required to read your own audit info.

Detection

Read-only; rarely interesting on its own, but the resulting audit token is what Endpoint Security clients see as audit_token_t. Cross-reference with es_message.process->audit_token to validate session attribution.

Related APIs

setaudit_addrgetauditgetauidaudit_session_self