Purpose
Constructs
and writes kernel messages.
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 and Trusted AIX 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 AIX® Version 7.1 Security. For a list
of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command,
see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.