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document network reconfigure limitations
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docs/auditd.conf.5

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@@ -276,15 +276,19 @@ records from remote systems. The audit daemon may be linked with
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tcp_wrappers. You may want to control access with an entry in the
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hosts.allow and deny files. If this is deployed on a systemd based
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OS, then you may need to adjust the 'After' directive. See the note in
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the auditd.service file.
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the auditd.service file. Networking can be enabled by adding this
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option and sending auditd a SIGHUP. Changing the port or disabling
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networking requires restarting the daemon so that clients reconnect.
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.TP
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.I tcp_listen_queue
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This is a numeric value which indicates how many pending (requested
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but unaccepted) connections are allowed. The default is 5. Setting
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this too small may cause connections to be rejected if too many hosts
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start up at exactly the same time, such as after a power failure. This
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setting is only used for aggregating servers. Clients logging to a remote
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server should keep this commented out.
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server should keep this commented out. Changing this value while the
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daemon is running restarts the listener and drops any current
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connections.
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.TP
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.I tcp_max_per_addr
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This is a numeric value which indicates how many concurrent connections from
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.IR TCP ",
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only clear text tcp connections will be used. If set to
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.IR KRB5 ",
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then Kerberos 5 will be used for authentication and encryption. The default value is TCP.
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then Kerberos 5 will be used for authentication and encryption. The
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default value is TCP. Changes to this option take effect only after
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restart so that clients can reconnect.
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.TP
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.I enable_krb5
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This option is deprecated. Use the

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