emlog(8) BSD System Manager's Manual emlog(8)
NAME
emlog -- Event Monitor Log Scraper
SYNOPSIS
emlog [-p udp_port] [-l]
DESCRIPTION
emlog is a perl script that scans log messages either fed through stdin or via a local UDP port, looking for authentication failures and
other security notices, and feeding them as events to the Event Monitor (emond)
Options:
-p udp_port_number
Tells emlog to listen on the given local port number, processing the UDP packets as single lines in a way compatible with syslogd
-l Tells emlog to process a single line of text then quit.
FILES
/usr/libexec/emlog.pl The executable
/usr/libexec/xssendevent Tool that sends events to emond
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.emlog.plist
the launchd config file
SEE ALSO
emond(8), launchd(8), xssendevent(8)
Darwin June 2, 2019 Darwin
