RMVOLMGR(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures RMVOLMGR(8)

rmvolmgr - HAL-aware removable volume manager

/usr/lib/rmvolmgr [-chns]

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(8).

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(7)). 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 properties. See "Examples."

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.

Example 1 Using SMF Properties to Set Options

The following svccfg(8) 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#

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Volatile

attributes(7), hal(7), smf(7), hald(8), svccfg(8)

August 13, 2023 OmniOS