FSD.AUTO(4)FSD.AUTO(4)NAMEfsd.auto - table of device special files for daemons to monitor
DESCRIPTION
/etc/fsd.auto contains a table of device special files which may spawn
various daemons during system startup. When mediad starts, it looks in
/etc/fsd.auto to find out which removable media devices on the system to
monitor, what directory to mount each device on, and what options to use
for each device.
The file contains a line of information for each device special file,
structurally identical to the contents of /etc/fstab, described in
fstab(4). There are a number of lines of the form:
filesystem directory type options frequency pass
The mon=,inschk=,rmvchk= options are specific to mediad. If mon=on, or
if the option is not present, mediad will monitor the device. If
mon=off, mediad will not monitor the device. Options must be separated
by a comma only. There should be no spaces betwwen the options. The
type option specifies which daemon should monitor the device. If type is
mediad, msdos, or cdrom, mediad will monitor the device when it reads the
file on system startup time. See mediad(1M) for an explanation of all
the options.
The frequency and pass fields must be present, but are ignored by mediad.
The file is not present by default. It is created and manipulated by
mediad if mediad is invoked with the -p or -r options. It can also be
created or manipulated by the system administrator using a text editor.
EXAMPLES
The /etc/fsd.auto file below causes mediad to do the following on system
startup: check the floppy at /dev/rdsk/fds0d3.3.5hi for floppy
insertions once every 2 seconds and hardware floppy ejects once every 60
seconds; check the CDROM at /dev/scsi/sc0d4l0 at the default intervals;
and do not check the tape device at /dev/tape.
/dev/rdsk/fds0d3.3.5hi /floppy mediad rw,inschk=2,rmvchk=60 0 0
/dev/scsi/sc0d4l0 /CDROM mediad ro 0 0
/dev/tape /tape mediad mon=off 0 0
FILES
/etc/fsd.auto
/etc/fsd.tab
SEE ALSOmediad(1M), fsd.tab(4), fstab(4)
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