HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Commands and System Calls
HP-UX Commands
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HP-UX Commands
The envd Environment Daemon
The envd daemon is a system physical environment daemon which provides a means for
the system to respond to environmental conditions, such as an over-temperature
condition and chassis fan failure detected by the hardware.
Summary of Change
The envd daemon was not supported on the Itanium-based platform in the previous
release. Now the Itanium Core Hardware Monitor (ia64_corehw) has been modified to
support the envd daemon.
Impact
Customers who are migrating from PA-RISC to the Itanium-based platform can use
envd.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
The manpage for envd (1M) command has been changed to indicate that this
functionality is available on both PA-RISC and Itanium-based platforms.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
The groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, useradd, userdel, usermod
Commands
The groupadd command adds a new group to the system, the groupdel command
deletes a group from the system, and the groupmod command modifies a group on the
system.
The useradd command adds a new user login to the system, the userdel command
deletes a user login from the system, and the usermod command modifies a user login on
the system.