From: dwalsh@redhat.com (Daniel J Walsh) Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:34:01 -0500 Subject: [refpolicy] New wdmd policy for refpolicy contrib. Message-ID: <4ED8D3C9.2030202@redhat.com> To: refpolicy@oss.tresys.com List-Id: refpolicy.oss.tresys.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Man wdmd WDMD(8) NAME wdmd - watchdog multiplexing daemon SYNOPSIS wdmd [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION This daemon opens /dev/watchdog and allows multiple independent sources to detmermine whether each KEEPALIVE is done. Every test interval (10 seconds), the daemon tests each source. If any test fails, the KEEPALIVE is not done. In a standard configuration, the watchdog timer will reset the system if no KEEPALIVE is done for 60 seconds ("fire timeout"). This means that if single test fails 5-6 times in row, the watchdog will fire and reset the system. With multiple test sources, fewer separate failures back to back can also cause a reset, e.g. ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7Y08kACgkQrlYvE4MpobMpQACfYB/kPHEkkv4M1H0qG6BVUA4w 9IcAoIsWBkkEzyhSj5hr+wg92MuSC2Xn =gcph -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: wdmd.patch Url: http://oss.tresys.com/pipermail/refpolicy/attachments/20111202/8ac9f94a/attachment.pl