Channel drivers enable Novell Audit to log system events and provide event notification. Channel drivers, in turn, are configured and managed through Channel objects in Novell eDirectory™.
Channel objects store the information the logging server needs to use a certain channel. For example, MySQL Channel objects include the IP address or host name of the MySQL database server, a username and password to connect to the server, the database and table names, and other relevant information. SMTP Channel objects, on the other hand, include the IP address or host name of the SMTP server, a username and password, and message information (the message recipients, sender, subject, and body).