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