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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8')
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8 b/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8 index ce9c7e5e6b4..b897b5b2485 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8 @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sensorsd.8,v 1.13 2007/07/31 08:11:36 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sensorsd.8,v 1.14 2007/08/10 21:03:05 cnst Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Matthew Gream <matthew.gream@pobox.com> +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Constantine A. Murenin <cnst@openbsd.org> .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -15,30 +16,38 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 10 2007 $ .Dt SENSORSD 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sensorsd -.Nd monitor hardware sensors +.Nd hardware sensors monitor and alerter .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm sensorsd .Op Fl d .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility retrieves sensor monitoring data like fan speeds, -temperatures, voltages, and +utility retrieves sensor monitoring data like fan speed, +temperature, voltage and .Xr ami 4 logical disk status via .Xr sysctl 3 . -If the data is out of given limits, an alert is sent using +When the state of any monitored sensor changes, an alert is sent using .Xr syslog 3 and a command, if specified, is executed. .Pp By default, .Nm -also monitors status changes on all sensors that keep their state. +monitors status changes on all sensors that keep their state, +thus sensors that automatically provide status do not require +any additional configuration. +In addition, for every sensor, +no matter whether it automatically provides its state or not, +custom low and high limits may be set, +so that a local notion of sensor status can be computed by +.Nm , +indicating whether the sensor is within or is exceeding its limits. .Pp Limit and command values for a particular sensor may be specified in the .Xr sensorsd.conf 5 |