I think one problem with using syslog triggers is opening op the risk for
DOS attack if someuser or some internet connection into a service finds a way
to trick syslog to print strings, to..  shutdown a server.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:36:46PM -0700, Robert Connolly wrote:
> Another idea I forgot to mention is to use syslog, and pipe to scripts.
> This would pretty much solve any issues with temperature and battery
> monitoring... run every syslog of sensorsd and apmd through a script, and
> forget using sensorsd for event commands.

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