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diff --git a/contrib/amd/doc/am-utils.texi b/contrib/amd/doc/am-utils.texi index 12bda8f..9e080fa 100644 --- a/contrib/amd/doc/am-utils.texi +++ b/contrib/amd/doc/am-utils.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @c -@c Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Erez Zadok +@c Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Erez Zadok @c Copyright (c) 1989 Jan-Simon Pendry @c Copyright (c) 1989 Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine @c Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ @c @c %W% (Berkeley) %G% @c -@c $Id: am-utils.texi,v 1.12 1999/09/30 21:01:39 ezk Exp $ +@c $Id: am-utils.texi,v 1.21.2.17 2001/07/03 23:50:31 ezk Exp $ @c @setfilename am-utils.info @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ (Originally by Jan-Simon Pendry and Nick Williams) @page -Copyright @copyright{} 1997-1999 Erez Zadok +Copyright @copyright{} 1997-2001 Erez Zadok @* Copyright @copyright{} 1989 Jan-Simon Pendry @* @@ -194,17 +194,17 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. The @i{Am-utils} home page is located in @example -@url{http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/} +@url{http://www.am-utils.org/} @end example You can get the latest distribution version of @i{Am-utils} from @example -@url{ftp://shekel.mcl.cs.columbia.edu/pub/am-utils/am-utils.tar.gz} +@url{ftp://ftp.am-utils.org/pub/am-utils/am-utils.tar.gz} @end example -Alpha and beta distributions are available in +Additional alpha, beta, and release distributions are available in @example -@url{ftp://shekel.mcl.cs.columbia.edu/pub/am-utils/}. +@url{ftp://ftp.am-utils.org/pub/am-utils/}. @end example Revision 5.2 was part of the 4.3BSD Reno distribution. @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ part of his @uref{http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/research/tp/thesis_proposal.ht @cindex Bug reports Before reporting a bug, see if it is a known one in the -@uref{http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/BUGS.txt,bugs} file. +@uref{http://www.am-utils.org/BUGS.txt,bugs} file. Send all bug reports to @email{amd-dev@@majordomo.cs.columbia.edu} quoting the details of the release and your configuration. These can be obtained by running the command @samp{amd -v}. It would greatly help if @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ reporting. Providing working patches is highly encouraged. Every patch incorporated, however small, will get its author an honorable mention in -the @uref{http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/AUTHORS.txt,authors +the @uref{http://www.am-utils.org/AUTHORS.txt,authors file}. @unnumberedsec Mailing List @@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{alpha-dec-osf4.0f} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + +@item @b{alpha-dec-osf5.1} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -709,9 +717,13 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{alphaev6-dec-osf5.0} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{hppa1.0-hp-hpux11.00} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} -@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab no @tab yes @tab ? +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab no @tab yes @tab yes @item @b{hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.10} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @@ -721,6 +733,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab no @tab no @tab ? +@item @b{hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab UDP @tab yes @tab yes + @item @b{hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.01} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -757,6 +773,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i386-pc-bsdi4.1} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{i386-pc-solaris2.5.1} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @@ -793,6 +813,14 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i386-unknown-freebsd4.2} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + +@item @b{i386-unknown-freebsd5.0} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.0} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? @@ -809,6 +837,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.4} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.0} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? @@ -837,6 +869,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i386-unknown-netbsd1.4.1} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{i386-unknown-openbsd2.1} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? @@ -893,6 +929,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i586-pc-linux-gnu-rh6.2} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? + @item @b{i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -901,7 +941,6 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? - @item @b{i686-pc-linux-gnu} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -914,6 +953,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? +@item @b{i686-pc-linux-gnu-rh6.2} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab yes + @item @b{i686-pc-linux-gnulibc} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -956,7 +999,7 @@ features. @item @b{mips-sgi-irix6.5} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} -@tab yes @tab yes @tab ? @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab ? @item @b{powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.5.0} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @@ -1014,6 +1057,10 @@ features. @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes +@item @b{sparc-sun-solaris2.8} +@c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} +@tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes + @item @b{sparc-sun-sunos4.1.1} @c {Config} {Compile} {Amd} {NFS V.3} {Shlib} {Hlfsd} @tab yes @tab yes @tab yes @tab n/a @tab yes @tab ? @@ -1262,7 +1309,7 @@ using the @dfn{Hesiod} name server. The string following the dot is used as a name qualifier and is prepended with the key being located. The entire string is then resolved in the @code{automount} context, or the @i{amd.conf} parameter @samp{hesiod_base} (@pxref{hesiod_base -Parameter}). For example, if the the key is @samp{jsp} and map name is +Parameter}). For example, if the key is @samp{jsp} and map name is @samp{hesiod.homes} then @dfn{Hesiod} is asked to resolve @samp{jsp.homes.automount}. @@ -1629,7 +1676,7 @@ The default value of many of the selectors listed here can be overridden by an @i{Amd} command line switch or in an @i{Amd} configuration file. @xref{Amd Configuration File}. -These are the selectors currently implemented. +The following selectors are currently implemented. @menu * arch Selector Variable:: @@ -1637,6 +1684,7 @@ These are the selectors currently implemented. * byte Selector Variable:: * cluster Selector Variable:: * domain Selector Variable:: +* dollar Selector Variable:: * host Selector Variable:: * hostd Selector Variable:: * karch Selector Variable:: @@ -1651,6 +1699,8 @@ These are the selectors currently implemented. * network Selector Variable:: * path Selector Variable:: * wire Selector Variable:: +* uid Selector Variable:: +* gid Selector Variable:: * exists Selector Function:: * false Selector Function:: @@ -1716,7 +1766,7 @@ filesystems. @code{$@{cluster@}} defaults to the value of command line option. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node domain Selector Variable, host Selector Variable, cluster Selector Variable, Selectors +@node domain Selector Variable, dollar Selector Variable, cluster Selector Variable, Selectors @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection domain Selector Variable @cindex domain Selector Variable @@ -1728,7 +1778,22 @@ The local domain name as specified by the @code{-d} command line option. @xref{host Selector Variable}. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node host Selector Variable, hostd Selector Variable, domain Selector Variable, Selectors +@node dollar Selector Variable, host Selector Variable, domain Selector Variable, Selectors +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsubsection dollar Selector Variable +@cindex dollar Selector Variable + +This is a special variable, whose sole purpose is to produce a literal +dollar sign in the value of another variable. For example, if you have +a remote file system whose name is @samp{/disk$s}, you can mount it by +setting the remote file system variable as follows: + +@example +rfs:=/disk$@{dollar@}s +@end example + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node host Selector Variable, hostd Selector Variable, dollar Selector Variable, Selectors @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection host Selector Variable @cindex host Selector Variable @@ -1832,6 +1897,7 @@ automatically determined at compile time. The name of the vendor can be displayed by running the command @samp{amd -v}. @xref{Supported Platforms}.@refill + @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- @ifhtml <HR> @@ -1912,7 +1978,7 @@ The full pathname of the name being resolved. For example @file{/home/foo} in the example above. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node wire Selector Variable, exists Selector Function, path Selector Variable, Selectors +@node wire Selector Variable, uid Selector Variable, path Selector Variable, Selectors @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection wire Selector Variable @cindex wire Selector Variable @@ -1927,6 +1993,43 @@ to. The names and numbers of all attached interfaces are available from the output of @samp{amd -v}. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node uid Selector Variable, gid Selector Variable, wire Selector Variable, Selectors +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsubsection uid Selector Variable +@cindex uid Selector Variable +@cindex uid, mount selector +@cindex Mount selector; uid +@cindex Selector; uid + +This selector provides the numeric effective user ID (UID) of the user +which last accessed an automounted path name. This simple example shows +how floppy mounting can be assigned only to machine owners: + +@example +floppy -type:=pcfs \ + uid==2301;host==shekel;dev:=/dev/floppy \ + uid==6712;host==titan;dev=/dev/fd0 \ + uid==0;dev:=/dev/fd0c \ + type:=error +@end example + +The example allows two machine owners to mount floppies on their +designated workstations, allows the root user to mount on any host, and +otherwise forces an error. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node gid Selector Variable, exists Selector Function, uid Selector Variable, Selectors +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsubsection gid Selector Variable +@cindex gid Selector Variable +@cindex gid, mount selector +@cindex Mount selector; gid +@cindex Selector; gid + +This selector provides the numeric effective group ID (GID) of the user +which last accessed an automounted path name. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- @ifhtml <HR> @end ifhtml @@ -1937,7 +2040,7 @@ be compared with a value. Each of these may be negated by prepending @samp{!} to their name. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node exists Selector Function, false Selector Function, wire Selector Variable, Selectors +@node exists Selector Function, false Selector Function, gid Selector Variable, Selectors @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection exists Selector Function @cindex exists Selector Function @@ -2270,6 +2373,10 @@ Use BSD directory group-id semantics. @cindex Mount flags; intr Allow keyboard interrupts on hard mounts. +@item lock +@cindex Mount flags; lock +Use the NFS locking protocol (default) + @item multi @cindex Mount flags; multi Perform multi-component lookup on files. @@ -2316,10 +2423,23 @@ ISO-9660. @cindex Mount flags; nodevs Don't allow local special devices on this filesystem. +@item noexec +@cindex Mount flags; noexec +Don't allow program execution. + @item noint @cindex Mount flags; noint Do not allow keyboard interrupts for this mount +@item nolock +@cindex Mount flags; nolock +Do not use the NFS locking protocol + +@item nomnttab +@cindex Mount flags; nomnttab +This option is used internally to tell Amd that a Solaris 8 system using +mntfs is in use. + @item norrip @cindex Mount flags; norrip Turn off using of the Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (RRIP) extensions @@ -2338,6 +2458,11 @@ Don't allow set-uid or set-gid executables on this filesystem. Strip the extension @samp{;#} from the version string of files recorded on an ISO-9660 CD-ROM. +@item optionstr +@cindex Mount flags; optionstr +Under Solaris 8, provide the kernel a string of options to parse and +show as part of the special in-kernel mount file system. + @item overlay @cindex Mount flags; overlay Overlay this mount on top of an existing mount, if any. @@ -2354,6 +2479,10 @@ Set the NFS port to @var{n}. @cindex Mount flags; posix Turn on POSIX static pathconf for mounts. +@item proplist +@cindex Mount flags; proplist +Support property lists (ACLs) for this mount, useful primarily for DU-4.0. + @item proto=@var{s} @cindex Mount flags; proto Use transport protocol @var{s} for NFS (can be @code{"tcp"} or @code{"udp"}). @@ -2414,7 +2543,7 @@ Allow set-uid programs on this mount. @item symttl @cindex Mount flags; symttl -Turn of the symbolic link cache time-to-live. +Turn off the symbolic link cache time-to-live. @item sync @cindex Mount flags; sync @@ -3005,6 +3134,8 @@ enter daemon mode fork server @item full program trace +@item hrtime +print high resolution time stamps (only if @b{syslog}(3) is not used) @item info @cindex debugging hesiod resolver service @cindex Hesiod: turning on RES_DEBUG @@ -3014,12 +3145,16 @@ hesiod maps, turns on the hesiod RES_DEBUG internal debugging option. trace memory allocations @item mtab use local @file{./mtab} file +@item readdir +show readdir progress @item str debug string munging @item test full debug but no daemon @item trace trace RPC protocol and NFS mount arguments +@item xdrtrace +trace XDR routines @end table You may also refer to the program source for a more detailed explanation @@ -3295,17 +3430,16 @@ The options are the same as for the @samp{nfs} filesystem with one difference. @noindent -The following options must be specified: +The following options should be specified: @table @code @item rhost -the remote fileserver. This must be an entry in the hosts database. IP -addresses are not accepted. The default value is taken from the local +the remote fileserver. The default value is taken from the local host name (@code{$@{host@}}) if no other value is specified. @item rfs -as a list of filesystems to mount. The list is in the form of a comma -separated strings. +is a list of filesystems to mount, and must be specified. +The list is in the form of a comma separated strings. @end table @noindent @@ -3861,6 +3995,13 @@ we are now stuck with it due to historical accident. alters the name that is looked up in the mount map. If @code{$@{pref@}}, the @dfn{prefix}, is non-null then it is prepended to the name requested by the kernel @dfn{before} the map is searched. + +@item opts +Normally, @samp{auto} style maps are not browsable even if you turn on +directory browsability (@pxref{browsable_dirs Parameter}). To enable +browsing entries in @samp{auto} maps, specify @samp{opts:=browsable} in +the description of this map. + @end table The server @samp{dylan.doc.ic.ac.uk} has two user disks: @@ -3972,10 +4113,7 @@ The error filesystem is not directly accessible. The @dfn{toplvl} (@samp{type:=toplvl}) filesystems is derived from the @samp{auto} filesystem and is used to mount the top-level automount nodes. Requests of this -type are automatically generated from the command line arguments and can -also be passed in by using the @code{-M} option of the @dfn{Amq} command. -That option is insecure, and is unavailable unless am-utils was -configured with @samp{--with-amq-mount}. +type are automatically generated from the command line arguments. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- @node Root Filesystem, Inheritance Filesystem, Autofs Filesystem, Filesystem Types @@ -4241,8 +4379,10 @@ The following parameters are applicable to the @samp{[global]} section only. * local_domain Parameter:: * log_file Parameter:: * log_options Parameter:: +* nfs_proto Parameter:: * nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter:: * nfs_retry_interval Parameter:: +* nfs_vers Parameter:: * nis_domain Parameter:: * normalize_hostnames Parameter:: * os Parameter:: @@ -4253,7 +4393,7 @@ The following parameters are applicable to the @samp{[global]} section only. * print_pid Parameter:: * print_version Parameter:: * restart_mounts Parameter:: -* selectors_on_default Parameter:: +* selectors_in_defaults Parameter:: * show_statfs_entries Parameter:: * unmount_on_exit Parameter:: * vendor Parameter:: @@ -4400,8 +4540,9 @@ sun4m, sun4u, etc.) Note that if not specified, @i{Amd} will use @subsection @t{ldap_base} Parameter @cindex ldap_base Parameter -(type=string, default not set). Specify the base name for -LDAP. +(type=string, default not set). +Specify the base name for LDAP. This often includes LDAP-specific +values such as country and organization. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- @node ldap_cache_maxmem Parameter, ldap_cache_seconds Parameter, ldap_base Parameter, Global Parameters @@ -4427,8 +4568,8 @@ entries in the cache. @subsection @t{ldap_hostports} Parameter @cindex ldap_hostports Parameter -(type=string, default not set). Specify -LDAP-specific values such as country and organization. +(type=string, default not set). +Specify the LDAP host and port values. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- @node local_domain Parameter, log_file Parameter, ldap_hostports Parameter, Global Parameters @@ -4466,7 +4607,7 @@ is generally a bad idea to use those reserved for other services such as @samp{kern}, @samp{lpr}, @samp{cron}, etc. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node log_options Parameter, nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, log_file Parameter, Global Parameters +@node log_options Parameter, nfs_proto Parameter, log_file Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{log_options} Parameter @cindex log_options Parameter @@ -4503,7 +4644,21 @@ warnings @end table @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, nfs_retry_interval Parameter, log_options Parameter, Global Parameters +@node nfs_proto Parameter, nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, log_options Parameter, Global Parameters +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection @t{nfs_proto} Parameter +@cindex nfs_proto Parameter + +(type=string, default to trying version tcp then udp). By default, +@i{Amd} tries @code{tcp} and then @code{udp}. This option forces the +overall NFS protocol used to TCP or UDP. It overrides what is in the +@i{Amd} maps, and is useful when @i{Amd} is compiled with NFSv3 support +that may not be stable. With this option you can turn off the complete +usage of NFSv3 dynamically (without having to recompile @i{Amd}) until +such time as NFSv3 support is desired again. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, nfs_retry_interval Parameter, nfs_proto Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{nfs_retransmit_counter} Parameter @cindex nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter @@ -4514,7 +4669,7 @@ number of NFS retransmissions that the kernel will use to communicate with @i{Amd}. @xref{-t Option}. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node nfs_retry_interval Parameter, nis_domain Parameter, nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, Global Parameters +@node nfs_retry_interval Parameter, nfs_vers Parameter, nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{nfs_retry_interval} Parameter @cindex nfs_retry_interval Parameter @@ -4525,14 +4680,28 @@ timeout interval, in @emph{tenths} of seconds, between NFS/RPC retries (for UDP only). This is the value that the kernel will use to communicate with @i{Amd}. @xref{-t Option}. -Amd relies on the kernel RPC retransmit mechanism to trigger mount +@i{Amd} relies on the kernel RPC retransmit mechanism to trigger mount retries. The values of the @i{nfs_retransmit_counter} and the @i{nfs_retry_interval} parameters change the overall retry interval. Too long an interval gives poor interactive response; too short an interval causes excessive retries. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node nis_domain Parameter, normalize_hostnames Parameter, nfs_retry_interval Parameter, Global Parameters +@node nfs_vers Parameter, nis_domain Parameter, nfs_retry_interval Parameter, Global Parameters +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection @t{nfs_vers} Parameter +@cindex nfs_vers Parameter + +(type=numeric, default to trying version 3 then 2). By default, @i{Amd} +tries version 3 and then version 2. This option forces the overall NFS +protocol used to version 3 or 2. It overrides what is in the @i{Amd} +maps, and is useful when @i{Amd} is compiled with NFSv3 support that may not +be stable. With this option you can turn off the complete usage of +NFSv3 dynamically (without having to recompile @i{Amd}) until such time as +NFSv3 support is desired again. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node nis_domain Parameter, normalize_hostnames Parameter, nfs_vers Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{nis_domain} Parameter @cindex nis_domain Parameter @@ -4647,7 +4816,7 @@ will print its version information string, which includes some configuration and compilation values. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node restart_mounts Parameter, selectors_on_default Parameter, print_version Parameter, Global Parameters +@node restart_mounts Parameter, selectors_in_defaults Parameter, print_version Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{restart_mounts} Parameter @cindex restart_mounts Parameter @@ -4658,13 +4827,13 @@ systems are currently mounted. Whenever one of these would have been auto-mounted, @i{Amd} inherits it. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node selectors_on_default Parameter, show_statfs_entries Parameter, restart_mounts Parameter, Global Parameters +@node selectors_in_defaults Parameter, show_statfs_entries Parameter, restart_mounts Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection @t{selectors_on_default} Parameter -@cindex selectors_on_default Parameter +@subsection @t{selectors_in_defaults} Parameter +@cindex selectors_in_defaults Parameter (type=boolean, default=@samp{no}). If @samp{yes}, then the @samp{/defaults} entry of -maps will be looked for and any selectors processed before setting defaults +maps will search for and process any selectors before setting defaults for all other keys in that map. Useful when you want to set different options for a complete map based on some parameters. For example, you may want to better the NFS performance over slow slip-based networks as @@ -4676,8 +4845,10 @@ follows: wire!=slip-net;opts:=intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 @end example +Deprecated form: selectors_on_default. + @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node show_statfs_entries Parameter, unmount_on_exit Parameter, selectors_on_default Parameter, Global Parameters +@node show_statfs_entries Parameter, unmount_on_exit Parameter, selectors_in_defaults Parameter, Global Parameters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @t{show_statfs_entries} Parameter @cindex show_statfs_entries Parameter @@ -4767,7 +4938,7 @@ log_file = /var/log/amd log_options = all #debug_options = all plock = no -selectors_on_default = yes +selectors_in_defaults = yes # config.guess picks up "sunos5" and I don't want to edit my maps yet os = sos5 # if you print_version after setting up "os", it will show it. @@ -4925,9 +5096,9 @@ mount point. * Amq default:: Default command behavior. * Amq -f option:: Flushing the map cache. * Amq -h option:: Controlling a non-local host. +* Amq -H-option:: Print help message. * Amq -l option:: Controlling the log file. * Amq -m option:: Obtaining mount statistics. -* Amq -M-option:: Mounting a volume. * Amq -p option:: Getting Amd's process ID. * Amq -P-option:: Contacting alternate Amd processes. * Amq -s option:: Obtaining global statistics. @@ -4935,6 +5106,7 @@ mount point. * Amq -U-option:: Use UDP transport. * Amq -u option:: Forcing volumes to time out. * Amq -v option:: Version information. +* Amq -w option:: Print Amd current working directory. * Other Amq options:: Three other special options. @end menu @@ -5027,7 +5199,27 @@ also be synchronized with the map source by using the @samp{sync} option (@pxref{Automount Filesystem}).@refill @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -l option, Amq -m option, Amq -h option, Controlling Amd +@node Amq -h option, Amq -H-option, Amq -f option, Controlling Amd +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection @i{Amq} @code{-h} option +@cindex Querying an alternate host + +By default the local host is used. In an HP-UX cluster the root server +is used since that is the only place in the cluster where @i{Amd} will +be running. To query @i{Amd} on another host the @code{-h} option should +be used. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node Amq -H-option, Amq -l option, Amq -h option, Controlling Amd +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection @i{Amq} @code{-H} option +@cindex Displaying brief help +@cindex Help; showing from Amq + +Print a brief help and usage string. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node Amq -l option, Amq -m option, Amq -H-option, Controlling Amd @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @i{Amq} @code{-l} option @cindex Resetting the Amd log file @@ -5041,18 +5233,7 @@ file handle on the log file, so that it can be rotated and compressed via daily cron jobs. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -h option, Amq -l option, Amq -f option, Controlling Amd -@comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection @i{Amq} @code{-h} option -@cindex Querying an alternate host - -By default the local host is used. In an HP-UX cluster the root server -is used since that is the only place in the cluster where @i{Amd} will -be running. To query @i{Amd} on another host the @code{-h} option should -be used. - -@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -m option, Amq -M-option, Amq -l option, Controlling Amd +@node Amq -m option, Amq -p option, Amq -l option, Controlling Amd @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @i{Amq} @code{-m} option @@ -5094,32 +5275,9 @@ the mount point and server information is still being maintained by @i{Amd}. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -M-option, Amq -p option, Amq -m option, Controlling Amd -@comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection @i{Amq} @code{-M} option - -The @code{-M} option passes a new map entry to @i{Amd} and waits for it to -be evaluated, possibly causing a mount. For example, the following -command would cause @samp{/home/toytown} on host @samp{toytown} to be -mounted locally on @samp{/mnt/toytown}. - -@example -amq -M '/mnt/toytown type:=nfs;rfs:=/home/toytown;rhost:=toytown;fs:=$@{key@}' -@end example - -@i{Amd} applies some simple security checks before allowing this -operation. The check tests whether the incoming request is from a -privileged UDP port on the local machine. ``Permission denied'' is -returned if the check fails. - -This option is very insecure as it is vulnerable to attacks such as IP -Spoofing. In other words, it is relatively easy for an attacker who -really wants to, to make your @i{Amd} process mount any filesystem from -the Internet! Therefore, the @emph{complete} code which supports the -@code{-M} option in @i{Amd} and @i{Amq} is turned off by default. To turn -it on, you have to reconfigure am-utils with @code{configure ---enable-amq-mount}. Think twice before doing so, and use this option -only if you absolutely need to. +@ignore +@comment Retained for future consideration: from the description of the +@comment amq -M option removed in amd 6.0.5. A future release of @i{Amd} will include code to allow the @b{mount}(8) command to mount automount points: @@ -5131,8 +5289,10 @@ mount -t amd /vol hesiod.vol This will then allow @i{Amd} to be controlled from the standard system filesystem mount list. +@end ignore + @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -p option, Amq -P-option, Amq -M-option, Controlling Amd +@node Amq -p option, Amq -P-option, Amq -m option, Controlling Amd @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @i{Amq} @code{-p} option @cindex Process ID; Amd @@ -5240,11 +5400,11 @@ safe way to unmount an automounted filesystem. It is not possible to unmount a filesystem which has been mounted with the @samp{nounmount} flag. -@c The @code{-H} option informs @i{Amd} that the specified mount point has hung - -@c as if its keepalive timer had expired. +@c The @code{-H} option informs @i{Amd} that the specified mount point +@c has hung - as if its keepalive timer had expired. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Amq -v option, Other Amq options, Amq -u option, Controlling Amd +@node Amq -v option, Amq -w option, Amq -u option, Controlling Amd @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection @i{Amq} @code{-v} option @cindex Version information at run-time @@ -5253,7 +5413,17 @@ The @code{-v} option displays the version of @i{Amd} in a similar way to @i{Amd}'s @code{-v} option. @c ---------------------------------------------------------------- -@node Other Amq options, , Amq -v option, Controlling Amd +@node Amq -w option, Other Amq options, Amq -v option, Controlling Amd +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection @i{Amq} @code{-w} option +@cindex Getting real working directory + +The @code{-w} option translates a full pathname as returned by +@b{getpwd}(3) into a short @i{Amd} pathname that goes through its mount +points. This option requires that @i{Amd} is running. + +@c ---------------------------------------------------------------- +@node Other Amq options, , Amq -w option, Controlling Amd @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Other @i{Amq} options @cindex Logging options via Amq @@ -6197,7 +6367,7 @@ to @file{stdout} on a line starting with a @samp{#} character. @node -D-FSinfo Option, -I FSinfo Option, -v FSinfo Option, FSinfo Command Line Options @comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection @code{-D} @var{name[=defn]} +@subsection @code{-D} @var{name}@i{[=defn]} Defines a symbol @dfn{name} for the preprocessor when reading the configuration files. Equivalent to @code{#define} directive. @@ -7720,8 +7890,8 @@ bsd -opts:=rw,grpid,nosuid;arch==hp9000;rhost:=thpfs \ It is sometimes useful to have different defaults for a given map. To achieve this, the @samp{/defaults} entry must be able to process normal selectors. This feature is turned on by setting -@samp{selectors_on_default = yes} in the @file{amd.conf} file. -@xref{selectors_on_default Parameter}. +@samp{selectors_in_defaults = yes} in the @file{amd.conf} file. +@xref{selectors_in_defaults Parameter}. In this example, I set different default NFS mount options for hosts which are running over a slower network link. By setting a smaller size @@ -8055,7 +8225,7 @@ Developers} mailing list through the months developing am-utils. These members have contributed to the discussions, ideas, code and documentation, and subjected their systems to alpha quality code. Special thanks go to those -@uref{http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/AUTHORS.txt,authors} who +@uref{http://www.am-utils.org/AUTHORS.txt,authors} who have submitted patches. Thanks to the Formal Methods Group at Imperial College for suffering @@ -8140,4 +8310,5 @@ All other registered trademarks are owned by their respective owners. @c LocalWords: serv maxgroups nfsl cachedir copt cfsadmin efs addopts fg ROMs @c LocalWords: nointr extatt setchapternewpage columnfractions alphaev gnulibc @c LocalWords: freebsdelf gnuoldld ifhtml defperm nodefperm norrip RRIP rrip -@c LocalWords: noversion attr XXXXXX netgrpd rh mkstemp +@c LocalWords: noversion attr XXXXXX netgrpd rh mkstemp uid gid noexec mntfs +@c LocalWords: nomnttab optionstr hrtime xdrtrace getpwd proplist |
