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17.Dd September 20, 2003
18.Dt SENSORSD 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm sensorsd
22.Nd monitor hardware sensors
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm sensorsd
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28utility retrieves hardware sensor monitoring data like fan speeds,
29temperatures and voltages, via
30.Xr sysctl 3 .
31It uses
32.Xr syslog 3
33to send an alert if they are out of the given limits.
34.Pp
35Limits for a particular sensor may be specified in the
36.Xr sensorsd.conf 5
37configuration file.
38.Sh FILES
39.Bl -tag -width "/etc/sensorsd.conf"
40.It /etc/sensorsd.conf
41Configuration file for
42.Nm .
43.El
44.Sh SEE ALSO
45.Xr sysctl 3 ,
46.Xr syslog 3 ,
47.Xr it 4 ,
48.Xr lm 4 ,
49.Xr viaenv 4 ,
50.Xr sensorsd.conf 5 ,
51.Xr syslogd 8
52.Sh HISTORY
53The
54.Nm
55program first appeared in
56.Ox 3.5 .
57