xfree86 man page for sysmsg

sysmsg(7D)							      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 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(1M).

       Only root has permission to write to this device.

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

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

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

SunOS 5.10							    13 Oct 1998 							sysmsg(7D)