ULOGD(8) System Manager's Manual ULOGD(8)
NAME
ulogd - netfilter/iptables ULOG daemon
SYNOPSIS
ulogd [options]
DESCRIPTION
ulogd connects to the netlink device of the Linux kernel and reads messages from the netfilter that get queued with the iptables ULOG tar-
get. For this to work you have to compile the ULOG target into your kernel or load the respective module.
The received messages can be logged into files or into a mySQL or PostgreSQL database.
OPTIONS
-d, --daemon
fork ulogd into background (start as daemon)
-c <filename>, --configfile <filename>
use <filename> as configuration file instead of /etc/ulogd.conf
-h, --help
show usage information
-V, --version
show version information and copyright
FILES
/etc/ulogd.conf
/var/log/ulog/ulogd.log
SEE ALSO
There is more documentation about the daemon and the database plugins (including examples) in the directories
/usr/share/doc/ulogd
/usr/share/doc/ulogd-mysql and
/usr/share/doc/ulogd-pgsql
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Joerg Wendland <joergland@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Linux Netfilter November 05, 2002 ULOGD(8)