AUDIT\_REQUEST\_RULES\_LIST\_DATA(3) Linux Audit API AUDIT\_REQUEST\_RULES\_LIST\_DATA(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

audit\_request\_rules\_list\_data - Request list of current audit rules

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <libaudit.h>**

**int audit\_request\_rules\_list\_data(intfd);"**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

audit\_request\_rules\_list\_data sends a request to the kernel to list the current audit rules. The rules are sent back one after another after this request is issued.

# [RETURN VALUE](#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](#SEE_ALSO)

[**audit\_add\_rule\_data**(3)](/man/os/audit/audit_add_rule_data.3), [**audit\_delete\_rule\_data**(3)](/man/os/audit/audit_delete_rule_data.3), [**audit\_open**(3)](/man/os/audit/audit_open.3), [**auditctl**(8)](/man/os/audit/auditctl.8).

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Steve Grubb

Oct 2006 Red Hat

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Document: audit_request_rules_list_data(3) from audit 4.2.1-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace