AUDITDISTD(8) System Manager's Manual 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 argu- ments: -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 speci- fied 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 <pawel@dawidek.net> un- der sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 15.1 March 5, 2012 AUDITDISTD(8)
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