auditd(1m)               Open Software Foundation                auditd(1m)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      auditd - Starts the DCE Audit Daemon.

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


 OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]
      -t        Specifies the pathname of the audit trail file used by the
                Audit daemon.  The default path of the audit trail file is
                dcelocal/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.

      -a        Audits the Audit daemon's control interface access.

      -s size   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.

      -wrap     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.

      -w svc_route
                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.

      -d debug_level
                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    [Toc]    [Back]
      The auditd command starts the Audit daemon. The Audit daemon must be
      run on the host before the audit clients.





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      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
      provides 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    [Toc]    [Back]
      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    [Toc]    [Back]
       1.  The following example starts the Audit daemon using the default
           audit trail file (dcelocal/var/aud/adm/central_trail):

           $ auditd



       2.  The following example starts the Audit daemon and specifies
           my_trail_file as the audit trail file.

           $auditd -t my_trail_file



       3.  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



       4.  The following example starts the Audit daemon and  specifies the
           debugging level.

           $ auditd -d 1,esl.9






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 RELATED INFORMATION    [Toc]    [Back]
      aud(1m), audevents(1m), audfilter(1m), audtrail(1m), dcecp(1m).


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