rmmount.conf(4) manual page
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rmmount.conf - removable media mounter configuration file
/etc/rmmount.conf
The rmmount.conf file contains the rmmount(1M)
configuration
information. This file describes where to find shared objects that perform
actions on file systems after identifying and mounting them. The rmmount.conf
file is also used to share CD-ROM and floppy file systems.
Actions are executed
in the order in which they appear in the configuration file. The action
function can return either 1 or 0. If it returns 0, no further actions will
be executed. This allows the function to control which applications are
executed. For example, action_filemgr always returns 0 if the File Manager
is running, thereby preventing subsequent actions from being executed.
To
execute an action after media has been inserted and while the File Manager
is not running, list the action after action_filemgr in the rmmount.conf
file. To execute an action before the File Manager becomes aware of the
media, list the action before action_filemgr in the rmmount.conf file.
The
syntax for the rmmount.conf file is as follows.
- # File system identification
ident filesystem_type shared_object media_type [media_type ...] - # Actions
action media_type shared_object args_to_so - # File system sharing
share media_or_file_system share_command_options
Explanations of the syntax
for the ‘File system identification’ fields are as follows.
- filesystem_type
- An ASCII string used as the file system type flag of the mount command
(see the -F option of mount(1M)
). It is also used to match names passed to
rmmount(1M)
from Volume Management.
- shared_object
- Programs that identify
file systems and perform actions. This shared_object is found at /usr/lib/fs/filesystem_type/shared_object.
- media_type
- The type of media where this file system resides. Legal values
are cdrom and floppy.
Explanations of the syntax for the ‘Actions’ fields
are as follows.
- media_type
- Type of media. This argument is passed in from
Volume Management as VOLUME_TYPE
.
- shared_object
- Programs that identify file
systems and perform actions. If shared_object starts with ‘/’ (slash), the
full path name is used;
otherwise, /usr/lib/rmmount is prepended to the name.
- args_to_so
- Arguments
passed to the shared_object. These arguments are passed in as an argc
and argv[].
The definition of the interface to ‘Actions’ is located in /usr/include/rmmount.h.
Explanations of the syntax for the ‘File system sharing’ fields are as follows.
- media_or_file_system
- Either the type of media (CD-ROM or floppy) or the
specific file system to share.
- share_command_options
- Options of the share
command. See share(1M)
for more information about these options.
The following is an example of an rmmount.conf file.
#
# Removable Media Mounter configuration file.
#
# File system identification
ident hsfs ident_hsfs.so cdrom
ident ufs ident_ufs.so cdrom floppy
ident pcfs ident_pcfs.so floppy
# Actions
action cdrom action_filemgr.so
action floppy action_filemgr.so
The following examples show how various file systems are shared
using the share syntax for the rmmount.conf file. These lines are added after
the Actions entries.
- share cdrom*
- Shares all CD-ROMs via NFS and applies
no access restrictions.
- share solaris_2.x*
- Shares CD-ROMs named solaris_2.x*
with no access restrictions.
- share cdrom* -o ro=engineering
- Shares all CD-ROMs
via NFS but exports only to the "engineering" netgroup.
- share solaris_2.x*
-d "distribution CD"
- Shares CD-ROMs named solaris_2.x* with no access restrictions
and with the description that it is a distribution CD-ROM.
- share floppy0
- Shares any floppy inserted into floppy drive 0.
volcancel(1)
, volcheck(1)
,
volmissing(1)
, mount(1M)
, rmmount(1M)
, share(1M)
, vold(1M)
, vold.conf(4)
,
volfs(7FS)
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