SYSLOG.LOG

[dhanish]

hi ,
my system just now crashed and i see the following entry in my syslog .log

Apr 23 06:23:24 hpsys sfd[1928]: recovering from previous daemon crash.

Whats this sfd ...wheni grep for sfd in ps -ef o/p it says

Its a 11i machine.

root 1928 1 0 15:53:24 ? 0:00 /sbin/sfd

Any clues ??

[melvyn burnard]

sfd is a Special File Daemon.
It is used by the kernel to create special files in user space.
Currently this is only used in the case where you have a SAN environment, and uit needs to automatically create device files "on the fly".
There is NO documentaion or man page for this so don't go looking for it ;-}

HTH

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

I am not sure what sfd is, but have a look in /sbin/init.d and check if there is a file call sfd or something similar.

These are the startup scripts, might be some clue in there what sfd is.

C.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

have a look at the startup scripts in /sbin/init.d/ to try to figure out what it is.
or
do an swlist -l file | grep sfd to figure out what fileset it comes from.

swlist on the fileset info then..

Later,
Bill

[dhanish]

Hi,
Yes i use SAN.So where can i get some more info on this daemon.

thnks

[John Bolene]

You need to look in the /etc/shutdownlog and the /var/adm/syslog/OLDsyslog.log to determine why the machine crashed.

[melvyn burnard]

As i said, there is no more information for you.
If you need to pursue this, I recommend you open a call with your local HP response Centre

[ajk_2]

15 10 * * * ls /tmp >> /tmp/ls.log
07 17 * * * sh /home/isdlun/abc.sh

This is my cron jobs, very simple. I did change the Dj$w to D270, but nothing changed. Please help! Thanks!

Best Regards
ajk