NAME

       kmsgsd - separates iptables messages from all other kernel messages.

SYNOPSIS

       kmsgsd

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       -c <config-file>
              Specify path to config file instead of using the default configuration file /etc/psad/psad.conf.

       -D     Dump the configuration values that kmsgd  derives  from  /etc/psad/psad.conf  (or  other  override
              files) on STDERR.

       -h     Display usage information and exit.

       -O <config-file>
              Override  config  variable  values  that  are normally read from the /etc/psad/psad.conf file with
              values from the specified file.  Multiple override config files can be given as a comma  separated
              list.

SEE ALSO

       psad(8), psadwatchd(8),

AUTHOR

       Michael Rash (mbr@cipherdyne.org)

       This  manual  page was written by Daniel Gubser <daniel.gubser@gutreu.ch> for the Debian GNU/Linux system
       (but may be used by others).

DISTRIBUTION

       psad is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the latest version may be  downloaded
       from http://www.cipherdyne.org

Debian GNU/Linux                                  November 2002                                        KMSGSD(8)