Source: watchdog Section: admin Priority: extra Maintainer: Michael Meskes Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0), dh-systemd (>= 1.5) Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: http://watchdog.sourceforge.net Package: watchdog Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | udev, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) Description: system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine will reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with "software watchdog" support (standard in Debian kernels) or if the machine is equipped with a hardware watchdog (in which case this package can also be used to "pet" it, resetting its timer). . The kernel software watchdog's ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts. . The watchdog tool itself runs several health checks and acts appropriately if the system is not in good shape.