rmvolmgr(1M)						  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 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 work-
       station 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 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		     |SUNWhalr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

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

SunOS 5.11							    28 Nov 2006 						      rmvolmgr(1M)