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ppud (1M)

NAME

ppud – Pay Per Use daemon

SYNOPSIS

Path: /usr/lbin

ppud

DESCRIPTION

ppud is a daemon that provides system configuration and CPU usage information to a utility meter system for billing purposes. This daemon runs on Pay Per Use systems and meters CPU utilization and system configuration information. The ppud daemon sends this information to a utility meter as an XML file transmitted via HTTPS

When a report is sent to a utility meter, it is also written to the file /var/ppu/PPUReport.xml. This report is best viewed using a web browser that understands XML.

The ppud daemon is automatically started when a system boots if a utility meter has been specified via the ppuconfig command (see ppuconfig(1M)). The ppud daemon is also automatically started when the meter configuration is changed via the ppuconfig command.

The ppud daemon reports errors via syslog.

To un-configure Pay Per Use, kill the daemon (ppud) if it is running and remove the configuration file (/etc/ppu/ppu_config). Warning, if this is a Pay Per Use system and the daemon is not running, usage may be assumed to be 100%.

AUTHORS

ppud was developed by HP

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