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PMSD(8) System Manager's Manual PMSD(8) NAME pmsd - Periodically Manic System Daemon. Manages the bizzare and some- times unexplainable behavior exhibited by computers. SYNOPSIS pmsd [-bcfmp] DESCRIPTION pmsd is a rogue daemon that is spawned on a semi-regular schedule by init(8). Most of the unusual and quirky behavior associated with mis- behaving computers can be attributed to pmsd. pmsd has a number of command-line options, invoked at run-time by init(8). The ps(1) command will occasionally display the current op- tions, but only if pmsd feels like revealing them. This is usually not the case. pmsd can be manually invoked by the pms(8) command. Make sure there is not a pmsd process already running when you use pms(8); you don't want to be on a system with multiple instances of pmsd running. With no flags, pmsd runs with the default -m option, and any others it feels like using. OPTIONS -b Bloat. Files randomly grow in size, filling up filesystems and causing quotas to be exceeded. -c Craving. System becomes hungry, eating magnetic tapes, CD-ROM discs, floppies, and anything else a hapless user loads into a removable media drive. -f Fatigue. System will pause for a random period of time. It is important to leave the system alone during this time. Attempts to coax the machine into normal operation could cause the spon- taneous activation of all command-line switches. This is to be avoided. -m Mood swings. Process priorities and nice values are altered ran- domly. Swapping usually occurs with no warning, even when memory is available. This is the default behavior. -p Peeved. One or more users are selected as targets of the sys- tem's anger. Files are deleted, e-mail copied to /etc/motd, and any Usenet articles posted by the targets are crossposted to misc.test and alt.flame. NOTES When pmsd is invoked by using the pms(8) command, pmsd ignores any com- mand-line switches and does what it damned well pleases. SEE ALSO pms(8) BUGS There are no bugs; how could you ask that? HISTORY Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>. 25 March 1996 PMSD(8)
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