From 2b5b05caec66b26f75b391f959cf30d39c86b58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:03:06 +0000 Subject: sync sensorsd.8: add my copyright; change NAME summary; fix some grammar; fix description of when the command is executed (it was wrong from the start); say a few more words about automatic monitoring of all sensors that keep state. ok henning@ --- usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.8 | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) 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 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Matthew Gream +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Constantine A. Murenin .\" .\" 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 -- cgit v1.2.3