ossec-csyslogd is a daemon that forwards the OSSEC alerts via syslog.
Configuration is done in the <syslog_output> section of the ossec.conf. (see ossec.conf: Syslog Output options)
-c <config>¶Run ossec-csyslogd using <config> as the configuration file.
Default: /var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf
-D <dir>¶Chroot to <dir>.
Default: /var/ossec
-d¶Execute ossec-csyslogd in debug mode. This option can be used multiple times to increase the verbosity of the debug messages.
-f¶Run ossec-csyslogd in the foreground.
-g <group>¶Run ossec-csyslogd as <group>.
-h¶Display the help message.
-t¶Test configuration.
-u <user>¶Run ossec-csyslogd as <user>.
Default: ossecm
-V¶Version and license information.