AUDITDISTD(8)           FreeBSD 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
     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 <pawel@dawidek.net>
     under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD         March 5, 2012                   AUDITDISTD(8)