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.TH RMVOLMGR 8 "Nov 28, 2006"
.SH NAME
rmvolmgr \- HAL-aware removable volume manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/rmvolmgr\fR [\fB-chns\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBrmvolmgr\fR command is a volume manager that can automatically mount and
unmount removable media and hot-pluggable storage. The default mount point is
\fB/media\fR.
.sp
.LP
\fBrmvolmgr\fR is one of a number of Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)-aware
tools that are shipped with the Solaris operating system. See \fBhald\fR(8).
.sp
.LP
Multiple instances of \fBrmvolmgr\fR can be run simultaneously. A system
instance of \fBrmvolmgr\fR runs by default as a service management facility
(SMF) service (see \fBsmf\fR(7)). Its fault management resource identifier
(FMRI) is:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.sp
.LP
You can run your own instance of \fBrmvolmgr\fR by adding it to the
\fB\&.xinitrc\fR file or a similar session startup script. In such a case, the
\fBsystem\fR \fBrmvolmgr\fR 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 (\fB/dev/console\fR) who invokes his own instance of
\fBrmvolmgr\fR will own locally connected devices, such as CD-ROM drives and
devices connected to the local USB or FireWire ports.
.sp
.LP
In addition to mounting volumes under \fB/media\fR, \fBrmvolmgr\fR also creates
legacy symbolic links under \fB/cdrom\fR, \fB/floppy\fR, and \fB/rmdisk\fR.
.sp
.LP
\fBrmvolmgr\fR also provides backwards compatibility with CDE removable media
interfaces by maintaining notification files under \fB/tmp/.removable\fR. This
functionality can be disabled by using the \fB-c\fR option.
.sp
.LP
The \fB-c\fR and \fB-n\fR options can also be specified as SMF properties. See
"Examples."
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Disable CDE compatibility.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Display help information and exit.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-n\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Do not create legacy mountpoint symbolic links.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Invoke in system instance mode.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRUsing SMF Properties to Set Options
.sp
.LP
The following \fBsvccfg\fR(8) command and subcommands use SMF properties to
set the \fB-c\fR and \fB-n\fR options.

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBsvccfg\fR
svc:> \fBselect rmvolmgr\fR
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> \fBlistprop rmvolmgr/*\fR
rmvolmgr/legacy_mountpoints     boolean  true
rmvolmgr/cde_compatible         boolean  true
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> \fBsetprop \e
  rmvolmgr/legacy_mountpoints=false\fR
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> \fBsetprop rmvolmgr/cde_compatible=false\fR
svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr> \fBexit\fR
example#
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Volatile
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR attributes (7),
.BR hal (7),
.BR smf (7),
.BR hald (8),
.BR svccfg (8)