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.Dd March 5, 2012 .Dt AUDITDISTD 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm auditdistd .Nd "Audit trail files distribution daemon" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl dFhl .Op Fl c Ar config .Op Fl P Ar pidfile .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm daemon is responsible for distributing audit trail files over a TCP/IP network in a secure and reliable way.
p The .Nm daemon can be started with the following command line arguments: l -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile" t Fl c Ar config Specify an alternative location of the configuration file. The default location is
a /etc/security/auditdistd.conf . Note: the configuration file may contain passwords. Care should be taken to configure proper permissions on this file .Li ( eg. 0600 ) . t Fl d Print or log debugging information. This option can be specified multiple times to raise the verbosity level. t Fl F Start the .Nm daemon in the foreground. By default .Nm starts in the background. t Fl h Print the .Nm usage message. t Fl l Start in a launchd-friendly mode, ie. do not use .Xr daemon 3 . t Fl P Ar pidfile Specify an alternative location of a file where main process PID will be stored. The default location is
a /var/run/auditdistd.pid . .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width ".Pa /etc/security/auditdistd.conf" -compact t Pa /etc/security/auditdistd.conf The configuration file for .Nm . t Pa /var/run/auditdistd.pid The default location of the .Nm PID file. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS Exit status is 0 on success, or one of the values described in .Xr sysexits 3 on failure. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sysexits 3 , .Xr audit 4 , .Xr auditdistd.conf 5 , .Xr auditd 8 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm was developed by .An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pawel@dawidek.net under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.