1KMSGSD(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  KMSGSD(8)
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NAME

6       kmsgsd - separates iptables messages from all other kernel messages.
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SYNOPSIS

9       kmsgsd
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DESCRIPTION

12       kmsgsd  reads  messages  from the /var/lib/psad/psadfifo named pipe and
13       prints any  firewall  related  log  messages  to  the  psad  data  file
14       "/var/log/psad/fwdata".  psad cannot detect port scans or other suspect
15       traffic without  kmsgsd  running  on  the  machine.   kmsgsd  uses  the
16       psad.conf   configuration   file   which   by  default  is  located  at
17       /etc/psad/psad.conf, but a different path can be specified on the  com‐
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OPTIONS

21       -c <config-file>
22              Specify path to config file instead of using the default config‐
23              uration file /etc/psad/psad.conf.
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25       -D     Dump  the  configuration  values   that   kmsgd   derives   from
26              /etc/psad/psad.conf (or other override files) on STDERR.
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28       -h     Display usage information and exit.
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30       -O <config-file>
31              Override  config variable values that are normally read from the
32              /etc/psad/psad.conf file with values from  the  specified  file.
33              Multiple override config files can be given as a comma separated
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SEE ALSO

37       psad(8), psadwatchd(8),
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AUTHOR

40       Michael Rash (mbr@cipherdyne.org)
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42       This manual page was written by Daniel Gubser <daniel.gubser@gutreu.ch>
43       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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DISTRIBUTION

46       psad is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the
47       latest version may be downloaded from http://www.cipherdyne.org
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51Debian GNU/Linux                 November 2002                       KMSGSD(8)