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7 .TH SYSEVENTD 8 "Jan 31, 2013"
9 syseventd \- kernel system event notification daemon
13 \fB/usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd\fR [\fB-d\fR \fIdebug_level\fR] [\fB-r\fR \fIrootdir\fR]
19 \fBsyseventd\fR is a user-level daemon that accepts delivery of system event
20 buffers from the kernel. Once an event buffer has been delivered to
21 \fBsyseventd\fR, it, in turn, attempts to propagate the event to all interested
22 end event subscribers.
25 Event subscribers take the form of a \fBsyseventd\fR loadable module
26 (\fBSLM\fR). \fBsyseventd\fR passes the event buffer to each of its subscribers
27 and in return expects a notification as to the successful or unsuccessful
31 Upon successful delivery of the event buffer to all interested event
32 subscribers, \fBsyseventd\fR frees the event buffer from the kernel event
37 The following options are supported:
41 \fB\fB-d\fR \fIdebug_level\fR\fR
44 Enable debug mode. Messages are printed to the invoking user's terminal.
50 \fB\fB-r\fR \fIrootdir\fR\fR
53 Cause \fBsyseventd\fR to use an alternate root path when creating its door and
54 lock files. Modules continue to be loaded from the standard module directories.
60 The following exit values are returned:
67 Successful completion.
83 \fB\fB/var/run/syseventd.lock\fR\fR
93 \fB\fB/var/run/sysevent_door\fR \fR
97 kernel to \fBsyseventd\fR door file
103 \fB\fB/usr/lib/sysevent/modules\fR \fR
107 \fBSLM\fR directory repository
113 \fB\fB/usr/platform/\fR\fB`\fR\fBuname
114 \(emi\fR\fB`\fR\fB/lib/sysevent/modules\fR\fR
118 \fBSLM\fR directory repository
124 \fB\fB/usr/platform/\fR\fB`\fR\fBuname
125 \(emm\fR\fB`\fR\fB/lib/sysevent/modules\fR\fR
129 \fBSLM\fR directory repository
135 \fBsvcs\fR(1), \fBsvcadm\fR(8), \fBsyseventconfd\fR(8), \fBattributes\fR(5),
140 The \fBsyseventd\fR service is managed by the service management facility,
141 \fBsmf\fR(5), under the service identifier:
145 svc:/system/sysevent:default
152 Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
153 requesting restart, can be performed using \fBsvcadm\fR(8). The service's
154 status can be queried using the \fBsvcs\fR(1) command.