AUDITDISTD(8)		  BSD 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 spec‐
		 ified 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.

BSD				 March 5, 2012				   BSD