auditdistd(8)

NAME

auditdistd – Audit trail files distribution daemon

SYNOPSIS

auditdistd [-dFhl] [-c config] [-P pidfile]

DESCRIPTION

The auditdistd daemon is responsible for distributing audit trail files over a TCP/IP network in a secure and reliable way.

The auditdistd daemon can be started with the following command line arguments:

-c config

Specify an alternative location of the configuration file. The default location is /etc/security/auditdistd.conf. Note: the configuration file may contain passwords. Care should be taken to configure proper permissions on this file (eg. 0600).

-d

Print or log debugging information. This option can be specified multiple times to raise the verbosity level.

-F

Start the auditdistd daemon in the foreground. By default auditdistd starts in the background.

-h

Print the auditdistd usage message.

-l

Start in a launchd-friendly mode, ie. do not use daemon(3).

-P pidfile

Specify an alternative location of a file where main process PID will be stored. The default location is /var/run/auditdistd.pid.

FILES

/etc/security/auditdistd.conf

The configuration file for auditdistd.

/var/run/auditdistd.pid

The default location of the auditdistd PID file.

EXIT STATUS

Exit status is 0 on success, or one of the values described in sysexits(3) on failure.

SEE ALSO

sysexits(3), audit(4), auditdistd.conf(5), auditd(8)

AUTHORS

The auditdistd was developed by Pawel Jakub Dawidek ⟨[email protected]⟩ under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.