PSADWATCHD(8)

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💅 PSADWATCHD — the System Manager's Manual energy, but make it bestie 💖

okay so this is psadwatchd, section 8 of the manual (that's the sysadmin-y one, iykyk) ✨

✨ NAME ✨

psadwatchd</p> — literally just checks to make sure kmsgsd and psad are running. that's it. that's the job. she's a babysitter and she's thriving. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

psadwatchd [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: psadwatchd</p> checks in every five seconds to make sure that kmsgsd and psad are running on the box. every. five. seconds. she's not clingy, she's attentive. 💖

and if either of those other two daemons has died?? not on her watch bestie 😭 she will restart the daemon AND notify every single email address listed in the EMAIL_ADDRESSES variable (peep /etc/psad/psad.conf for that) that the daemon has been restarted. she's not just fixing the problem, she's keeping you in the loop, which is the most main character thing you can do honestly.

she reads the psad.conf configuration file, which by default lives at /etc/psad/psad.conf, but bestie you can totally specify a different path right there on the command line. flexibility? we love her. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -c <config-file> — specify the path to the config file instead of using the default configuration file /etc/psad/psad.conf. don't like the default? say less. 💅
  • -D — dump the configuration values that psadwatchd derives from /etc/psad/psad.conf (or other override files) on STDERR. it's giving "show me your receipts" and honestly? valid. 🔥
  • -h — display usage information and exit. the classic. the icon. when in doubt, -h it out. ✨
  • -O <config-file> — override config variable values that are normally read from the /etc/psad/psad.conf file with values from the specified file. and get this — you can give multiple override config files as a comma separated list. stacking them like accessories. obsessed. 🎀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

psad(8), kmsgsd(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). shoutout to Daniel for the lore, no cap 🫶

📦 DISTRIBUTION 📦

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

and that's the whole page bestie ✨ this came to you from the <strong>Debian GNU/Linux</strong> girlies, dated <strong>March 2009</strong> — vintage, iconic, still slaying 💅🎀🦋

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