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GETAUID(2)                  BSD System Calls Manual                 GETAUID(2)

NAME
     getauid -- get the audit user ID of the current process

SYNOPSIS
     #include <bsm/audit.h>

     int
     getauid(au_id_t * auid);

DESCRIPTION
     The getauid() function returns the audit user ID for the calling process. The variable pointed at by
     auid holds the ID returned by the system.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is
     set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     audit(2), auditon(2), auditctl(2), setauid(2), getaudit(2), setaudit(2)

HISTORY
     The getauid() function call first appeared in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).

Darwin                           July 30, 2007                          Darwin