ossec-agentd

The ossec-agentd program is the client-side daemon that communicates with the server. It runs as user ossec.

-c <config>

Run using <config> as the configuration file.

Default value

/var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf

-D <dir>

Chroot to <dir>. Deprecated since v3.12.0.

Default value

/var/ossec

-d

Run in debug mode. This option may be repeated to increase the verbosity of the debug messages.

-f

Run in the foreground.

-g <group>

Run as a group.

-h

Display the help message.

-t

Test configuration.

-u <user>

Run as a specific user.

Default value

ossecm

-V

Display the version and license information