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

6       psadwatchd - checks to make sure kmsgsd and psad are running.
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SYNOPSIS

9       psadwatchd [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       psadwatchd  checks  on  an  interval of every five seconds to make sure
13       that kmsgsd and psad are running on the box.  If either  of  the  other
14       two  daemons  have  died, psadwatchd will restart the daemon and notify
15       each  email  address  listed  in  the  EMAIL_ADDRESSES  variable   (see
16       /etc/psad/psad.conf)  that  the  daemon has been restarted.  psadwatchd
17       uses the psad.conf configuration file which by default  is  located  at
18       /etc/psad/psad.conf,  but a different path can be specified on the com‐
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OPTIONS

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

38       psad(8), kmsgsd(8),
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AUTHOR

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

47       psad is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the
48       latest version may be downloaded from http://www.cipherdyne.org
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52Debian GNU/Linux                  March 2009                     PSADWATCHD(8)