---
name: "psadwatchd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "psad"
version: "2.4.6-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psadwatchd"
---

# psadwatchd(8)

checks to make sure kmsgsd and psad are running.

## NAME

**psadwatchd** - checks to make sure kmsgsd and psad are running.

## SYNOPSIS

**psadwatchd \[options\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**psadwatchd** checks on an interval of every five seconds to make sure that kmsgsd and psad are running on the box.  If either of the other two daemons have died, psadwatchd will restart the daemon and notify each email address listed in the EMAIL\_ADDRESSES variable (see /etc/psad/psad.conf) that the daemon has been restarted. **psadwatchd** uses the psad.conf configuration file which by default is located at /etc/psad/psad.conf, but a different path can be specified on the command line.

## OPTIONS

- **-c \<config-file\>**

  Specify path to config file instead of using the default configuration file /etc/psad/psad.conf.

- **-D**

  Dump the configuration values that **psadwatchd** derives from /etc/psad/psad.conf (or other override files) on STDERR.

- **-h**

  Display usage information and exit.

- **-O \<config-file\>**

  Override config variable values that are normally read from the /etc/psad/psad.conf file with values from the specified file.  Multiple override config files can be given as a comma separated list.

## SEE ALSO

[**psad**(8)](/psad/8.md), [**kmsgsd**(8)](/kmsgsd/8.md),

## AUTHOR

Michael Rash (mbr@cipherdyne.org)

This manual page was written by Daniel Gubser \<daniel.gubser@gutreu.ch\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## DISTRIBUTION

**psad** is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the latest version may be downloaded from **http://www.cipherdyne.org**