---
name: "audit_request_features"
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_request_features"
---

# audit\_request\_features(3)

request audit feature bitmap

## NAME

audit\_request\_features - request audit feature bitmap

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<libaudit.h\>**

**int audit\_request\_features(int** *fd***);**

## DESCRIPTION

**audit\_request\_features**() requests that the kernel send a structure describing supported audit features on *fd* which must be an open audit netlink socket.

## 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**(2)](/sendto/2.md) would encounter.

## SEE ALSO

[**audit\_get\_features**(3)](/audit_get_features/3.md), [**audit\_open**(3)](/audit_open/3.md), [**auditd**(8)](/auditd/8.md).

## AUTHOR

Steve Grubb