Send a message to audit.log

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Wajih,
Try 	man audit_log_user_messageand note the need for CAP_AUDIT_WRITE ability (see
auditctl(8))
That said. Is there a reason you want a message going into the system kernel logging
mechanism? The only reason why I ask is, if your audit rules posture is aggressive
(many rules that fire) then you could will slow down your application as it waits to
insert a message into the NETLINK_SOCKET is uses.
On *nix, syslog is the normal destination for application event logs. By separating
your application logs from operating system logs, you can more efficiently post
process them.
RegardsOn Fri, 2019-02-01 at 17:03 -0600, Wajih Ul Hassan wrote:
> Hi,
> Hi, I have a C application which needs to send a message to audit.log from
> userspace. I have been using `auditctl -m` format to send a message to audit.log
> using `system` command but it seems to degrade performance a lot of my
> application.
> My question is there any API to send a message programmatically from my
> application which is more efficient and robust.
> Thanks,
> Wajih
> 
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