Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man sysmsg

Devices                                                sysmsg(7D)



NAME
     sysmsg - system message routing to console devices

SYNOPSIS
     /dev/sysmsg


DESCRIPTION
     The file /dev/sysmsg routes output to a variable set of con-
     sole  devices.  Writes to /dev/sysmsg are always directed to
     the  system  console  /dev/console,  and  are  in   addition
     directed  to  a  set of auxiliary console devices managed by
     consadm(1m).


     Only root has permission to write to this device.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     consadm(1m), syslogd(1M) , attributes(5), console(7D)





















SunOS 5.11          Last change: 13 Oct 1998                    1