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If the limits are crossed or if the status provided by the driver changes, .Xr sensorsd 8 's alert functionality is triggered and a command, if specified, is executed. .Pp .Nm follows the syntax of configuration databases as documented in .Xr getcap 3 . Sensors may be specified by their full .Va hw.sensors .Xr sysctl 8 variable name or by type, with the full name taking precedence. For example, if an entry .Dq hw.sensors.lm0.temp1 is not found, then an entry for .Dq temp will instead be looked for. .Pp The following attributes may be used: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "commandXX" -offset indent -compact .It Li command Specify a command to be executed on state change. .It Li high Specify an upper limit. .It Li low Specify a lower limit. .It Li istatus Ignore status provided by the driver. .El .Pp The values for temperature sensors can be given in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, for voltage sensors in volts, and fan speed sensors take a unit-less number representing RPM. Values for all other types of sensors can be specified in the same units as they appear under the .Xr sysctl 8 .Va hw.sensors tree. .Pp Sensors that provide status (such as those from .Xr bio 4 , .Xr esm 4 , or .Xr ipmi 4 ) do not require boundary values specified and simply trigger on status transitions. If boundaries are specified nonetheless, then they are used in addition to automatic status monitoring, unless the .Dq istatus attribute is specified to ignore status values that are provided by the drivers. .Pp The command is executed when there is any change in sensor state. Tokens in the command are substituted as follows: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It %x the xname of the device the sensor sits on .It %t the type of sensor .It %n the sensor number .It %2 the sensor's current value .It %3 the sensor's low limit .It %4 the sensor's high limit .El .Pp By default, .Xr sensorsd 8 monitors status changes on all sensors that keep their state. This behaviour may be altered by using the .Dq istatus attribute to ignore status changes of sensors of a certain type or individual sensors. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/sensorsd.conf" .It /etc/sensorsd.conf Configuration file for .Xr sensorsd 8 . .El .Sh EXAMPLES In the following configuration file, if hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0 transitions 80C or if its status as provided by .Xr ipmi 4 changes, the command .Pa /etc/sensorsd/log_warning will be executed, with the sensor type, number and current value passed to it. Alerts will be sent if hw.sensors.lm0.volt3 transitions to being within or outside a range of 4.8V and 5.2V; if the speed of the fan attached to hw.sensors.lm0.fan1 transitions to being below or above 1000RPM; if any RAID volume drive changes its status from, for example, .Dq OK , such as in the case of drive failure, rebuild, or a complete failure, the command .Pa /etc/sensorsd/drive will be executed, with the sensor number passed to it; however, no alerts will be generated for status changes on timedelta sensors. For all other sensors whose drivers automatically provide sensor status updates, alerts will be generated each time those sensors undergo status transitions. .Bd -literal -offset indent # Comments are allowed hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0:high=80C:command=/etc/sensorsd/log_warning %t %n %2 hw.sensors.lm0.volt3:low=4.8V:high=5.2V hw.sensors.lm0.fan1:low=1000 drive:command=/etc/sensorsd/drive %n timedelta:istatus #ignore status changes for timedelta .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getcap 3 , .Xr bio 4 , .Xr esm 4 , .Xr ipmi 4 , .Xr sensorsd 8 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm file format first appeared in .Ox 3.5 . The format was altered in .Ox 4.1 to accommodate hierarchical device-based sensor addressing. The .Dq istatus attribute was introduced in .Ox 4.2 . .Sh CAVEATS Alert functionality is triggered every time there is a change in sensor state; for example, when .Xr sensorsd 8 is started, the status of each monitored sensor changes from undefined to whatever it is. One must keep this in mind when using commands that may unconditionally perform adverse actions (e.g.\& .Xr shutdown 8 ) , as they will be executed even when all sensors perform to specification. If this is undesirable, then a wrapper shell script should be used instead.