ssd(1M) starts, stops, and monitors all the key daemons and servers of SMS. When executed with no options ssd reads from the ssd_start file which lists the daemons and servers that ssd starts and monitors.

Do not execute this program manually. ssd(1M) is automatically invoked by a Solaris software run control script and is periodically monitored for restart.

The following options are supported.

-f startup_file

Uses this file instead of the default ssd_start file

-i message

Places a notice message in the platform log file. Specified and used exclusively by the sms startup script.

The following files are supported:

/etc/opt/SUNWSMS/startup/ssd_start

Default startup file for ssd

/etc/opt/SUNWSMS/startup/sms

Default startup file for SMS

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: