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The utmpd daemon monitors the /var/adm/utmpx file. See utmpx(4) (and utmp(4) for historical information).
utmpd receives requests from pututxline(3C) by way of a named pipe. It maintains a table of processes and uses poll(2) on /proc files to detect process termination. When utmpd detects that a process has terminated, it checks that the process has removed its utmpx entry from /var/adm/utmpx. If the process' utmpx entry has not been removed, utmpd removes the entry. By periodically scanning the /var/adm/utmpx file, utmpd also monitors processes that are not in its table.
Run in debug mode, leaving the process connected to the controlling terminal. Write debugging information to standard output.
You can set default values for the flags listed below. For example: SCAN_PERIOD=600
The number of seconds that utmpd sleeps between checks of /proc to see if monitored processes are still alive. The default is 300.
The maximum number of processes that utmpd attempts to monitor. The default value is 4096.
File containing user and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1).
Directory containing files for processes whose utmpx entries are being monitored.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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Availability | SUNWcsu |
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXIT STATUS | FILES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO