AUDIT(1)

NAME
audit - audit management utility

SYNOPSIS
audit [-nst] [file]

DESCRIPTION
The audit utility controls the state of auditing system. The optional file operand specifies the location of the audit control input file (default /etc/security/audit_control).

The options are as follows:

-n  Forces the audit system to close the existing audit log file and rotate to a new log file in a location specified in the audit control file.

-s  Specifies that the audit system should [re]synchronize its configuration from the audit control file. A new log file will be created.

-t  Specifies that the audit system should terminate. Log files are closed and renamed to indicate the time of the shutdown.

NOTES
The auditd(8) daemon must already be running.

FILES
/etc/security/audit_control
    Default audit policy file used to configure the auditing system.

SEE ALSO
auditd(8) audit_control(5)