NAME

vold − Volume Management daemon to manage CD-ROM and floppy devices

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/vold [ −n ] [ −t ] [ −v ] [ −d root-dir ] [ −f config-file ] [ −l log-file ]

[ −L debug-level ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWvolu

DESCRIPTION

The Volume Management daemon, vold(), creates and maintains a file system image rooted at root-dir that contains symbolic names for floppies and CD-ROM.  The default file system name is /vol. 

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
# kill -HUP vold_pid

OPTIONS

−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 provide status info to log file). 

−d root-dir Specify an alternate directory on which to mount the Volume Management controlled file system.  The default file system path is /vol. 

−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

vold() sets the following environment variables to aid programs 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 or floppy)

FILES

/etc/vold.conf Volume Management daemon configuration file. Directs the Volume Management daemon to control certain devices, and causes events to occur when specific criteria are met. 

/usr/lib/vold/∗.so.1 Shared objects called by Volume Management daemon when certain actions occur. 

SEE ALSO

volcancel(1), volcheck(1), volmissing(1) rmmount(1M), rmmount.conf(4), vold.conf(4), volfs(7),

Sun Microsystems  —  Last change: 19 May 1993