rmvolmgr(1M) System Administration Commands rmvolmgr(1M)NAMErmvolmgr - HAL-aware removable volume manager
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/rmvolmgr [-chns]
DESCRIPTION
The rmvolmgr command is a volume manager that can automatically 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 operating 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 con‐
nected 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 properties. See
"Examples."
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/legacy_mountpoints boolean true
rmvolmgr/cde_compatible boolean true
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> setprop \
rmvolmgr/legacy_mountpoints=false
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> setprop rmvolmgr/cde_compatible=false
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> exit
example#
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │service/hal │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOhald(1M), svccfg(1M), attributes(5), hal(5), smf(5)SunOS 5.11 28 Nov 2006 rmvolmgr(1M)
