SYSMSG(4D) SYSMSG(4D)

NAME

sysmsg - system message routing to console devices

SYNOPSIS

/dev/sysmsg

DESCRIPTION

The file /dev/sysmsg routes output to a variable set of console 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(8).


Only root has permission to write to this device.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Stable |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

consadm(8), syslogd(8) , console(4D), attributes(7)


October 13, 1998 SYSMSG(4D)