Oracle Database 10g Documentation Library

AUDIT_FILE_DEST

Property	Description
Parameter type	String
Syntax	`AUDIT_FILE_DEST = 'directory'`
Default value	The first default value is: `ORACLE_BASE`/`admin/DB_UNIQUE_NAME/adump` The second default value is: `ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/audit`
Modifiable	`ALTER SYSTEM ... DEFERRED`
Basic	No

AUDIT_FILE_DEST specifies the operating system directory into which the audit trail is written when the AUDIT_TRAIL initialization parameter is set to os, xml, or xml,extended. The audit records will be written in XML format if the AUDIT_TRAIL initialization parameter is set to XML. It is also the location to which mandatory auditing information is written and, if so specified by the AUDIT_SYS_OPERATIONS initialization parameter, audit records for user SYS.