uprintfd Daemon

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Purpose

Constructs and writes kernel messages.

Syntax

uprintfd

Description

The uprintfd daemon retrieves, converts, formats, and writes kernel messages to processes' controlling terminals. Kernel messages are submitted through the NLuprintf and uprintf kernel services. Because the uprintfd daemon never exits, it should be run only once.

Security

Attention RBAC users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations that are associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.