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.