proc_kmsg5
Kernel messages
Overview
- /proc/kmsg
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This file can be used instead of the syslog(2) system call to read kernel messages. A process must have superuser privileges to read this file, and only one process should read this file. This file should not be read if a syslog process is running which uses the syslog(2) system call facility to log kernel messages.
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Information in this file is retrieved with the dmesg(1) program.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.