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libbsm(3LIB) Interface Libraries libbsm(3LIB) NAME
libbsm - basic security library SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file. -lbsm [ library... ] DESCRIPTION
Functions in this library provide basic security, library object reuse, and auditing. INTERFACES
The shared object libbsm.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object inter- faces. au_close au_open au_preselect au_to_arg au_to_arg32 au_to_arg64 au_to_attr au_to_cmd au_to_data au_to_groups au_to_in_addr au_to_ipc au_to_iport au_to_me au_to_newgroups au_to_opaque au_to_path au_to_process au_to_process_ex au_to_return au_to_return32 au_to_return64 au_to_socket au_to_subject au_to_subject_ex au_to_text au_user_mask au_write audit auditon auditsvc endac endauclass endauevent endauuser getacdir getacflg getacmin getacna getauclassent getauclassent_r getauclassnam getauclassnam_r getaudit getaudit_addr getauditflagsbin getauditflagschar getauevent getauevent_r getauevnam getauevnam_r getauevnonam getauevnum getauevnum_r getauid getauuserent getauuserent_r getauusernam getauusernam_r getfauditflags setac setauclass setauclassfile setaudit setaudit_addr setauevent setaueventfile setauid setauuser setauuserfile testac FILES
/lib/libbsm.so.1 shared object /lib/64/libbsm.so.1 64-bit shared object ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsl (32-bit) | | |SUNWcslx (64-bit) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |See individual man page for | | |each function. | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
pvs(1), Intro(3), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 24 Mar 2004 libbsm(3LIB)
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LIBBSM(3) BSD Library Functions Manual LIBBSM(3) NAME
libbsm -- Basic Security Module (BSM) Audit API LIBRARY
Basic Security Module Library (libbsm, -lbsm) SYNOPSIS
#include <bsm/libbsm.h> DESCRIPTION
The libbsm library routines provide an interface to BSM audit record streams, allowing both the parsing of existing audit streams, as well as the creation of new audit records and streams. INTERFACES
The libbsm library provides a large number of Audit programming interfaces in several classes: event stream interfaces, class interfaces, control interfaces, event interfaces, I/O interfaces, mask interfaces, notification interfaces, token interfaces, and user interfaces. These are described respectively in the au_class(3), au_control(3), au_event(3), au_mask(3), au_notify(3), au_stream(3), au_token(3), and au_user(3) manual pages. Audit Event Stream Interfaces Audit event stream interfaces support interaction with file-backed audit event streams: au_close(3), au_close_buffer(3), au_free_token(3), au_open(3), au_write(3), audit_submit(3). Audit Class Interfaces Audit class interfaces support the look up of information from the audit_class(5) database: endauclass(3), getauclassent(3), getauclassent_r(3), getauclassnam(3), getauclassnam_r(3), setauclass(3). Audit Control Interfaces Audit control interfaces support the look up of information from the audit_control(5) database: endac(3), setac(3), getacdir(3), getacfilesz(3), getacflg(3), getacmin(3), getacna(3), getacpol(3), au_poltostr(3), au_strtopol(3). Audit Event Interfaces Audit event interfaces support the look up of information from the audit_event(5) database: endauevent(3), setauevent(3), getauevent(3), getauevent_r(3), getauevnam(3), getauevnam_r(3), getauevnonam(3), getauevnonam_r(3), getauevnum(3), getauevnum_r(3). Audit I/O Interfaces Audit I/O interfaces support the processing and printing of tokens, as well as the reading of audit records: au_fetch_tok(3), au_print_tok(3), au_read_rec(3). Audit Mask Interfaces Audit mask interfaces convert support the conversion between strings and au_mask_t values. They may also be used to determine if a particu- lar audit event is matched by a mask: au_preselect(3), getauditflagsbin(3), getauditflagschar(3). Audit Notification Interfaces Audit notification routines track audit state in a form permitting efficient update, avoiding frequent system calls to check the kernel audit state: au_get_state(3), au_notify_initialize(3), au_notify_terminate(3). These interfaces are implemented only for Darwin/Mac OS X. Audit Token Interface Audit token interfaces permit the creation of tokens for use in creating audit records for submission to event streams. Each interface con- verts a C type to its token_t representation: au_to_arg(3), au_to_arg32(3), au_to_arg64(3), au_to_attr64(3), au_to_data(3), au_to_exec_args(3), au_to_exec_env(3), au_to_exit(3), au_to_file(3), au_to_groups(3), au_to_header32(3), au_to_header64(3), au_to_in_addr(3), au_to_in_addr_ex(3), au_to_ip(3), au_to_ipc(3), au_to_ipc_perm(3), au_to_iport(3), au_to_me(3), au_to_newgroups(3), au_to_opaque(3), au_to_path(3), au_to_process(3), au_to_process32(3), au_to_process64(3), au_to_process_ex(3), au_to_process32_ex(3), au_to_process64_ex(3), au_to_return(3), au_to_return32(3), au_to_return64(3), au_to_seq(3), au_to_sock_inet(3), au_to_sock_inet32(3), au_to_sock_inet128(3), au_to_socket_ex(3), au_to_subject(3), au_to_subject32(3), au_to_subject64(3), au_to_subject_ex(3), au_to_subject32_ex(3), au_to_subject64_ex(3), au_to_text(3), au_to_trailer(3), au_to_zonename(3). Audit User Interfaces Audit user interfaces support the look up of information from the audit_user(5) database: au_user_mask(3), endauuser(3), setauuser(3), getauuserent(3), getauuserent_r(3), getauusernam(3), getauusernam_r(3), getfauditflags(3). Audit Constant Conversion Interfaces These functions convert between BSM and local constants, including the errno(2) number, socket type, and protocol famil spaces, and must be used to generate and interpret BSM return and extended socket tokens: au_bsm_to_domain(3), au_bsm_to_errno(3), au_bsm_to_fcntl_cmd(3), au_bsm_to_socket_type(3), au_domain_to_bsm(3), au_errno_to_bsm(3), au_fcntl_cmd_to_bsm(3), au_socket_type_to_bsm(3). SEE ALSO
au_class(3), au_domain(3), au_errno(3), au_mask(3), au_notify(3), au_socket_type(3), au_stream(3), au_token(3), au_user(3), audit_submit(3), audit_class(5), audit_control(5) HISTORY
The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security division of McAfee Inc., under contract to Apple Computer, Inc., in 2004. It was subsequently adopted by the TrustedBSD Project as the foundation for the OpenBSM distribution. AUTHORS
This software was created by Robert Watson, Wayne Salamon, and Suresh Krishnaswamy for McAfee Research, the security research division of McAfee, Inc., under contract to Apple Computer, Inc. The Basic Security Module (BSM) interface to audit records and audit event stream format were defined by Sun Microsystems. BUGS
Bugs would not be unlikely. The libbsm library implementations are generally thread-safe, but not reentrant. The assignment of routines to classes could use some work, as it is decidely ad hoc. For example, au_read_rec() should probably be consid- ered a stream routine. BSD
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