X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?p=sysdb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsysdbd.1.txt;h=53e936b6fc421251957f85688292c5938b48398a;hp=d3a7046f640266dfdf236c1a96d552a1907fc854;hb=70a3f7daeac51f82b5d81dedc5ad8ca267d72173;hpb=72a63cfb0e65bb575889b8dbee6648cafd6a52f2 diff --git a/doc/sysdbd.1.txt b/doc/sysdbd.1.txt index d3a7046..53e936b 100644 --- a/doc/sysdbd.1.txt +++ b/doc/sysdbd.1.txt @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- *sysdbd* is a multi-backend system management and inventory collection daemon. -It may be used to (continuously) collect information from various backends -(e.g., inventory services, monitoring services, configuration services) and -provides a uniform combined view of all data. +It stores system and inventory information about hardware and software +systems. This information is (continuously) collected from various +configurable backends. The main daemon itself is the central instance managing all collected information and doing the correlation of objects provided by different @@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ OPTIONS *-V*:: Display the version number and copyright information. +SIGNALS +------- + +*sysdbd* accepts and handles the following signals: + +*SIGINT*, *SIGTERM*:: + These signals initiate a clean shutdown and termination of the daemon. + +*SIGHUP*:: + This signal causes the daemon to re-read the configuration and reconfigure + all plugins. Plugins which are no longer in use will be disabled and + unloaded. Open client connections are not affected by this. + EXIT CODES ---------- *0*:: @@ -61,7 +74,7 @@ SEE ALSO AUTHOR ------ -sysdbd was written by Sebastian "tokkee" Harl . +SysDB was written by Sebastian "tokkee" Harl . COPYRIGHT ---------