auditd(1m)																auditd(1m)

NAME

       auditd - Starts the DCE Audit Daemon.

SYNOPSIS

       auditd [-t trail_file] [-a] [-s size] [-wrap] [-w svc_route] [-d debug_level]

OPTIONS

       Specifies  the  pathname  of  the  audit  trail	file  used  by	the  Audit  daemon.   The  default  path of the audit trail file is dcelo-
       cal/var/aud/adm/central_trail.  If an audit trail file name (instead of an absolute pathname) is specified, the file will be created in the
       dcelocal/var/aud/adm/  directory.   Audits  the Audit daemon's control interface access.  Sets a warning threshold on the size of the audit
       trail file.  The Audit daemon displays a warning message each time an audit record is appended to the audit trail after the  threshold  has
       been  reached.	Wraps  the recording of audit events to the beginning of the audit trail file when its size limit is reached.  The default
       action when the size limit has been reached is to stop auditing.  Specifies where each level of serviceability messages	are  routed.   The
       svc_route argument is divided into three fields, separated by colons - the level, a routing identifier, and a routing parameter:

       severity:how:where

       See  svcroute(5) for possible values for these fields.  Specifies debugging level of sub-components. The debug_level argument contains four
       fields separated by a colon:

       component:flags:how:where

       See svcroute(5) for possible values of these fields.

DESCRIPTION

       The auditd command starts the Audit daemon.  The Audit daemon must be run on the host before the audit clients.

       The Audit daemon can only service audit clients that are on the host where it is running.  Thus, an Audit daemon must be installed and  run
       on every host in the cell that has audit clients (audit clients include DCE servers and user-written application servers).

       The Audit daemon has two functions.  It maintains the filter files which are shared by all audit clients running on the host.  It also pro-
       vides an audit record logging service to these clients.

       The Audit daemon runs under the local host's machine principal identity (host/hostname/self).

       A DCE Host daemon (dced) must be running on the local host when auditd is started.  Typically, dced and auditd are started  at  boot  time.
       The  auditd  process places itself in the background and sends messages indicating it is ready to service requests for updating or querying
       filters and logging audit records.

   Privileges Required
       You must be logged into a privileged account (cell_admin or a member of the audit-admin group) to be able to run auditd.

EXAMPLES

       The following example starts the Audit daemon using the default audit trail file (dcelocal/var/aud/adm/central_trail): $ auditd

       The following example starts the Audit daemon and specifies my_trail_file as the audit trail file.  $auditd -t my_trail_file

       The following example starts the Audit daemon and specifies where each level of serviceability messages is going to be routed.  $ auditd -w
       FATAL:FILE:/dev/console -w NOTICE:FILE:/opt/dcelocal/var/audit/adm/svc_log

       The following example starts the Audit daemon and  specifies the debugging level.  $ auditd -d 1,esl.9

RELATED INFORMATION

       aud(1m), audevents(1m), audfilter(1m), audtrail(1m), dcecp(1m).

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