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22.Dd January 16, 2022
23.Dt VFSTAB 5
24.Os
25.Sh NAME
26.Nm vfstab
27.Nd table of file system defaults
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The file
30.Pa /etc/vfstab
31describes defaults for each file system.
32The information is stored in a table with the following column headings:
33.Bd -literal
34device       device       mount      FS      fsck    mount      mount
35to mount     to fsck      point      type    pass    at boot    options
36.Ed
37.Pp
38The fields in the table are space-separated and show the resource name
39.Pq Fa device to mount ,
40the raw device to
41.Sy fsck
42.Pq Em device to fsck ,
43the default mount directory
44.Pq Em mount point ,
45the name of the file system type
46.Pq Em FS type ,
47the number used by
48.Xr fsck 8
49to decide whether to check the file system automatically
50.Pq Em fsck pass ,
51whether the file system should be mounted automatically by
52.Xr mountall 8
53.Pq Em mount at boot ,
54and the file system mount options
55.Pq Em mount options .
56See respective mount file system man page below in
57.Sx SEE ALSO
58for
59.Em mount options.
60A
61.Sq -
62is used to indicate no entry in a field.
63This may be used when a field does not apply to the resource being mounted.
64.Pp
65The
66.Xr getvfsent 3C
67family of routines is used to read
68.Pa /etc/vfstab .
69There are currently no library routines to automate the writing of
70.Pa /etc/vfstab .
71.Pp
72.Pa /etc/vfstab
73can be used to specify swap areas.
74An entry so specified,
75.Pq which can be a file or a device ,
76will automatically be added as a swap area by the
77.Pa /sbin/swapadd
78script when the system boots.
79To specify a swap area, the
80.Em device-to-mount
81field contains the name of the swap file or device, the
82.Em FS-type
83is
84.Dq swap ,
85.Em mount-at-boot
86is
87.Dq no
88and all other fields have no entry.
89.Sh EXAMPLES
90The following are
91.Pa /etc/vfstab
92entries for various file system types supported in illumos.
93.Pp
94.Sy Example 1
95NFS and UFS Mounts
96.Pp
97The following entry invokes NFS to automatically mount the directory
98.Pa /usr/local
99of the server
100.Sy example1
101on the client's
102.Pa /usr/local
103directory with read-only permission:
104.Bd -literal -offset indent
105example1:/usr/local - /usr/local nfs - yes ro
106.Ed
107.Pp
108The following example assumes a small departmental mail setup, in which clients
109mount
110.Pa /var/mail
111from a server
112.Sy mailsvr .
113The following entry would be listed in each client's
114.Pa /etc/vfstab:
115.Bd -literal -offset indent
116mailsvr:/var/mail - /var/mail nfs - yes intr,bg
117.Ed
118.Pp
119The following is an example for a UFS file system in which logging is enabled:
120.Bd -literal -offset indent
121/dev/dsk/c2t10d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c2t10d0s0 /export/local ufs 3 yes logging
122.Ed
123.Pp
124See
125.Xr mount_nfs 8
126for a description of NFS mount options and
127.Xr mount_ufs 8
128for a description of UFS options.
129.Pp
130.Sy Example 2
131pcfs Mounts
132.Pp
133The following example mounts a pcfs file system on a fixed hard disk on an x86
134machine:
135.Bd -literal -offset indent
136/dev/dsk/c1t2d0p0:c - /win98 pcfs - yes -
137.Ed
138.Pp
139The example below mounts a Jaz drive on a SPARC machine.
140Normally, the volume management software handles mounting of removable media,
141obviating a
142.Nm
143entry.
144Specifying a device that supports removable media in
145.Pa /etc/vfstab
146with set the mount-at-boot field to
147.Dq no
148.Pq as shown below
149disables the automatic handling of that device.
150Such an entry presumes you are not running volume management software.
151.Bd -literal -offset indent
152/dev/dsk/c1t2d0s2:c - /jaz pcfs - no -
153.Ed
154.Pp
155For removable media on a SPARC machine, the convention for the slice portion of
156the disk identifier is to specify
157.Sy s2 ,
158which stands for the entire medium.
159.Pp
160For pcfs file systems on x86 machines, note that the disk identifier uses
161a
162.Sy p
163.Pq Sy p0
164and a logical drive
165.Po
166.Sy c ,
167in the
168.Pa /win98
169example above
170.Pc
171for a pcfs logical drive.
172See
173.Xr mount_pcfs 8
174for syntax for pcfs logical drives and for pcfs-specific mount options.
175.Pp
176.Sy Example 3
177loopback File System Mount
178.Pp
179The following is an example of mounting a loopback
180.Pq lofs
181file system:
182.Bd -literal
183/export/test - /opt/test lofs - yes -
184.Ed
185See
186.Xr lofs 4FS
187for an overview of the loopback file system.
188.Sh SEE ALSO
189.Xr getvfsent 3C ,
190.Xr fsck 8 ,
191.Xr mount 8 ,
192.Xr mount_hsfs 8 ,
193.Xr mount_nfs 8 ,
194.Xr mount_tmpfs 8 ,
195.Xr mount_ufs 8 ,
196.Xr swap 8
197