vold(1M)
NAME
vold - Volume Management daemon to manage CD-ROM and floppy,
ZIP/JAZ, and DVD-ROM devices
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/vold [-n] [-t] [-v] [-f config-file] [-l log-file]
[-d root-dir] [-L debug-level]
DESCRIPTION
The Volume Management daemon, vold, creates and maintains a
file system image rooted at root-dir that contains symbolic
names for floppies, CD-ROMs and other removable devices. The
default root-dir is set to /vol if no directory is specified
by the -d option.
vold reads the /etc/vold.conf configuration file upon
startup. If the configuration file is modified later, vold
must be told to reread the /etc/vold.conf file. Do this by
entering
example# kill -HUP vold_pid
To tell vold to clean up and exit, the SIGTERM signal is
used:
example# kill -TERM vold_pid
where vold_pid is the process ID of vold.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-n Never writeback. Volume Management updates media
labels with unique information if labels are not
unique. This flag keeps Volume Management from
changing your media. The default setting is
FALSE.
-t Dump NFS trace information to the log file. The
default setting is FALSE.
-v Provide lots of status information to the log
file. The default setting is FALSE (do not pro-
vide status info to log file).
-d root-dir
Specify an alternate root directory. The default
location is /vol. Setting this will also cause
other Volume Management utilities to use this as
the default root directory.
-f config-file
Specify an alternate configuration file. The
default file is /etc/vold.conf.
-l log-file
Specify an alternate log file. The default log
file is /var/adm/vold.log.
-L debug-level
Change the level (verbosity) of debug messages
sent to the log file. The range is 0 to 99 where
0 is nothing and 99 is everything. The default
level is 0.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
vold sets the following environment variables to aid pro-
grams which are called when events such as insert, notify,
and eject occur:
VOLUME_ACTION
Event that caused this program to be executed.
VOLUME_PATH
Pathname of the matched regex from the vold.conf
file.
VOLUME_DEVICE
Device (in /vol/dev) that applies to the media.
VOLUME_NAME
Name of the volume in question.
VOLUME_USER
User ID of the user causing the event to occur.
VOLUME_SYMNAME
Symbolic name of a device containing the volume.
VOLUME_MEDIATYPE
Name of the type of media (CD-ROM, floppy or
rmdisk)
FILES
/etc/vold.conf
Volume Management daemon configuration file. Directs
the Volume Management daemon to control certain dev-
ices, and causes events to occur when specific cri-
teria are met.
/usr/lib/vold/*.so.1
Shared objects called by Volume Management daemon when
certain actions occur.
/var/adm/vold.log
the default log file location (see the -l option for a
description).
/vol the default Volume Management root directory.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWvolu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
volcancel(1), volcheck(1), volmissing(1), rmmount(1M),
rpc.smserverd(1M), rmmount.conf(4), vold.conf(4), attri-
butes(5), volfs(7FS)
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