SYSEVENTD(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures SYSEVENTD(8)
NAME
syseventd - kernel system event notification daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd [
-d debug_level] [
-r rootdir]
DESCRIPTION
syseventd is a user-level daemon that accepts delivery of system
event buffers from the kernel. Once an event buffer has been
delivered to
syseventd, it, in turn, attempts to propagate the event
to all interested end event subscribers.
Event subscribers take the form of a
syseventd loadable module (
SLM).
syseventd passes the event buffer to each of its subscribers and in
return expects a notification as to the successful or unsuccessful
delivery attempt.
Upon successful delivery of the event buffer to all interested event
subscribers,
syseventd frees the event buffer from the kernel event
queue.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d debug_level Enable debug mode. Messages are printed to the
invoking user's terminal.
-r rootdir Cause
syseventd to use an alternate root path when
creating its door and lock files. Modules continue
to be loaded from the standard module directories.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
FILES
/var/run/syseventd.lock daemon lock file
/var/run/sysevent_door kernel to
syseventd door file
/usr/lib/sysevent/modules SLM directory repository
/usr/platform/`uname --i`/lib/sysevent/modules SLM directory repository
/usr/platform/`uname --m`/lib/sysevent/modules SLM directory repository
SEE ALSO
svcs(1),
attributes(7),
smf(7),
svcadm(8),
syseventconfd(8)NOTES
The
syseventd service is managed by the service management facility,
smf(7), under the service identifier:
svc:/system/sysevent:default
Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling,
or requesting restart, can be performed using
svcadm(8). The
service's status can be queried using the
svcs(1) command.
January 31, 2013 SYSEVENTD(8)
