Host Intrusion Detection System Administrator's Guide Release 3.1

The idsagent Command
The idsagent Command
Appendix C
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Error messages are written to the error log file, as defined in the
configuration parameter IDS_ERRORFILE. The messages in the
IDS_ERRORFILE file are also sent to the HP-UX HIDS System Manager,
idsgui, if it is running on the administration system.
If the -d and -l options are also specified, the error messages are also
written to the debug log file.
By default, IDS_ERROR_FILE is set to /var/opt/ids/error.log. See
“Global Configuration” on page 220 and ids.cf (5).
-l dlogfile
Append debug logging messages to the file named dlogfile . If the file
does not exist, it is created.
dlogfile should be a full path name, as the idsagent processes
change directories before logging commences. If idsagent cannot
create or append to dlogfile , an error is reported and idsagent exits
immediately.
-p Run in foreground connected to the controlling terminal.
By default, if -p is omitted, idsagent detaches from the controlling
terminal and runs in the background.
Example For more detailed troubleshooting, run the idsagent process and all subprocesses with
full debugging. Log all messages to the file /tmp/debug_logfile:
/opt/ids/bin/idsagent -c 1 -d -e -l /tmp/debug_logfile