System Administration Commands                       rmvolmgr(1M)



NAME
     rmvolmgr - HAL-aware removable volume manager

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/rmvolmgr [-chns]


DESCRIPTION
     The rmvolmgr command is a volume manager that can  automati-
     cally  mount  and  unmount removable media and hot-pluggable
     storage. The default mount point is /media.


     rmvolmgr is one of a number of  Hardware  Abstraction  Layer
     (HAL)-aware  tools that are shipped with the Solaris operat-
     ing system. See hald(1M).


     Multiple instances of rmvolmgr can be run simultaneously.  A
     system  instance  of  rmvolmgr  runs by default as a service
     management facility (SMF) service (see  smf(5)).  Its  fault
     management resource identifier (FMRI) is:

       svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr




     You can run your own instance of rmvolmgr by  adding  it  to
     the  .xinitrc  file  or a similar session startup script. In
     such a case, the system rmvolmgr instance  will  not  manage
     volumes that belong to you, the owner of the startup script.
     For example, a user logged on  to  the  workstation  console
     (/dev/console) who invokes his own instance of rmvolmgr will
     own locally connected devices, such  as  CD-ROM  drives  and
     devices connected to the local USB or FireWire ports.


     In addition to mounting volumes under /media, rmvolmgr  also
     creates  legacy  symbolic  links  under /cdrom, /floppy, and
     /rmdisk.


     rmvolmgr also  provides  backwards  compatibility  with  CDE
     removable media interfaces by maintaining notification files
     under /tmp/.removable. This functionality can be disabled by
     using the -c option.


     The -c and -n options can also be specified as  SMF  proper-
     ties. See "Examples."




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OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -c    Disable CDE compatibility.


     -h    Display help information and exit.


     -n    Do not create legacy mountpoint symbolic links.


     -s    Invoke in system instance mode.


EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Using SMF Properties to Set Options


     The following svccfg(1M) command  and  subcommands  use  SMF
     properties to set the -c and -n options.


       example# svccfg
       svc:> select rmvolmgr
       svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> listprop rmvolmgr/*
       rmvolmgr/legacymountpoints     boolean  true
       rmvolmgr/cdecompatible         boolean  true
       svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> setprop \
         rmvolmgr/legacymountpoints=false
       svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> setprop rmvolmgr/cdecompatible=false
       svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> exit
       example#



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:
















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           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWhalr                    
    
     Interface Stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     hald(1M), svccfg(1M), attributes(5), hal(5), smf(5)












































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