---
name: "audit_get_session"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "audit"
version: "4.2.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/audit_get_session"
---

# audit\_get\_session(3)

Get a program's login session id value

## NAME

audit\_get\_session - Get a program's login session id value

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <libaudit.h>
```

**uint32\_t audit\_get\_session(void);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function returns the task's session id attribute.

## RETURN VALUE

This function returns the session id value if it was set. It will return a -1 if the session id is unset. However, since uint32\_t is an unsigned type, you will see the converted value instead of -1.

## ERRORS

This function returns -2 on failure. Additionally, in the event of a real error, errno would be set. The function can set errno based on failures of open, read, or strtoul.

## SEE ALSO

[**audit\_getloginuid**(3)](/audit_getloginuid/3.md).

## AUTHOR

Steve Grubb