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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.
.Pp
The
.Nm
daemon can be started with the following command line arguments:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile"
.It Fl c Ar config
Specify an alternative location of the configuration file.
The default location is
.Pa /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 ) .
.It Fl d
Print or log debugging information.
This option can be specified multiple times to raise the verbosity
level.
.It Fl F
Start the
.Nm
daemon in the foreground.
By default
.Nm
starts in the background.
.It Fl h
Print the
.Nm
usage message.
.It Fl l
Start in a launchd-friendly mode, ie. do not use
.Xr daemon 3 .
.It Fl P Ar pidfile
Specify an alternative location of a file where main process PID will be
stored.
The default location is
.Pa /var/run/auditdistd.pid .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/security/auditdistd.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/security/auditdistd.conf
The configuration file for
.Nm .
.It 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.