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.TH ULOGD 8 "February 20, 2013" "Linux Netfilter"
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.SH NAME
ulogd \- netfilter/iptables logging daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ulogd [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ulogd
is a logging daemon that reads event messages coming from the Netfilter
connection tracking, the Netfilter packet logging subsystem and from
the Netfilter accounting subsystem. You have to enable support for
connection tracking event delivery; ctnetlink and the NFLOG target in
your Linux kernel 2.6.x or load their respective modules. The deprecated
ULOG target (which has been superseded by NFLOG) is also
supported.
.PP
The received messages can be logged into files or into a mySQL, sqlite3
or PostgreSQL database. IPFIX and Graphite output are also supported.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -d, --daemon
fork ulogd into background (start as daemon)
.TP
.B -c <filename>, --configfile <filename>
use <filename> as configuration file instead of
.I /etc/ulogd.conf
.TP
.B -h, --help
show usage information
.TP
.B -V, --version
show version information and copyright
.TP
.B -v, --verbose
verbose output on stdout when not running as daemon
.TP
.B -l, --loglevel <level>
set log level to <level>: debug(1), info(3), notice(5), error(7) or fatal(8) (default 5)
.TP
.B -u <UID>, --uid <UID>
change UID/GID
.TP
.B -i <pluginpath>, --info <pluginpath>
display infos about plugin
.TP
.B -p <filename>, --pidfile <filename>
record the ulogd process ID to the given file name
.SH FILES
.I /etc/ulogd.conf
.br
.I /var/log/ulogd.log
.SH SEE ALSO
There is more documentation about the daemon and the database plugins
(including examples) in the directories
.nf
.br
.I /usr/share/doc/ulogd
.br
.fi
.I /usr/share/doc/ulogd-mysql
and
.nf
.br
.I /usr/share/doc/ulogd-pgsql
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Joerg Wendland <joergland@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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