SYSMSG(4D) Devices SYSMSG(4D)
sysmsg - system message routing to console devices
/dev/sysmsg
The file /dev/sysmsg routes output to a variable set of console
devices. Writes to /dev/sysmsg are always directed to the system
console /dev/console, and are in addition directed to a set of
auxiliary console devices managed by consadm(8).
Only root has permission to write to this device.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Stable |
+--------------------+-----------------+
console(4D), attributes(7), consadm(8), syslogd(8)
February 17, 2023 SYSMSG(4D)
NAME
sysmsg - system message routing to console devices
SYNOPSIS
/dev/sysmsg
DESCRIPTION
The file /dev/sysmsg routes output to a variable set of console
devices. Writes to /dev/sysmsg are always directed to the system
console /dev/console, and are in addition directed to a set of
auxiliary console devices managed by consadm(8).
Only root has permission to write to this device.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Stable |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
console(4D), attributes(7), consadm(8), syslogd(8)
February 17, 2023 SYSMSG(4D)