NAME

       audit_setloginuid - Set a program's loginuid value

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_setloginuid(uid_t uid);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function sets the task attribute loginuid with the value of uid. The loginuid value may only be set
       by programs with the CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL capability. This normally means the root account.

       The loginuid value is part of the task structure and is inherited by child processes. It is used to track
       what account a user gained system access with. All system entry point  programs  should  set  this  value
       right  before changing to the uid of the user granted access so that audit events are properly attributed
       to the that user.

RETURN VALUE

       This function returns 0 on success and non-zero otherwise.

SEE ALSO

       audit_getloginuid(3), pam_loginuid(8).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

Red Hat                                             Oct 2006                                AUDIT_SETLOGINUID(3)