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diff --git a/network_cmds/kdumpd.tproj/kdumpd.8 b/network_cmds/kdumpd.tproj/kdumpd.8 new file mode 100755 index 0000000..8ce4a8e --- /dev/null +++ b/network_cmds/kdumpd.tproj/kdumpd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)tftpd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD: src/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8,v 1.15 2001/07/15 07:53:42 dd Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 10, 2020 +.Dt KDUMPD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kdumpd +.Nd Mac OS X remote kernel core dump server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm /usr/libexec/kdumpd +.Op Ar directory +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Kdumpd +is a server which receives +kernel states in the form of +a core dump from a remote +Mac OS X machine. +The +.Tn kdumpd +server operates +on UDP port 1069, although this +may be configurable in the future. +The server should be started by +.Xr launchctl 1 . +.Pp +The server should have the user ID +with the lowest possible privilege, +usually the user "nobody". +.Pp +By default the server stores kernel cores +in the directory +.Pa /var/tmp/PanicDumps . +The directory needs to already exist for kdumpd +to save core dumps. +.Pp +The server returns an EEXIST error +to the remote kernel if it receives a +request for an existing file - i.e. +only new files can be created. The server +also disallows path specifications in the +incoming file name. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command is based on Berkeley +.Xr tftpd 8 , +by way of FreeBSD, with several modifications. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr launchd 8 , +.Xr launchctl 1 , +.Xr launchd.plist 5 |