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advfsd(8)


NAME

  advfsd - Starts the AdvFS graphical user interface (GUI) daemon


SYNOPSIS

  /usr/sbin/advfsd


DESCRIPTION

  The AdvFS daemon, advfsd, is a  process required by the AdvFS GUI
  (dtadvfs). The  advfsd daemon issues commands and obtains system
  information on  behalf of the AdvFS GUI.

  The /usr/var/advfs/daemon/socket/hosts.allow file contains a list of all
  hosts on which the advfsd daemon will allow  the AdvFS GUI to run. This
  file can be edited to add or remove hosts. Each  host name must be on a
  separate line.  For example:

       host1

       host3

       host27

  The /usr/var/advfs/daemon/socket/gui.passwd file, if	it exists, is used by
  advfsd to force a dtadvfs  user to enter a unique password when attempting
  to connect to the  host. The first line of this file is the unique password
  required by the GUI.	For example:

       guipassword

  For security reasons, do not use the password of the root user or any
  other user; make up a unique name and do not encrypt it.

  The advfsd daemon allows Simple Network Management  Protocol (SNMP) clients
  such as NetView or Performance Manager (PM) to request  AdvFS file system
  information. SNMP clients cannot issue system configuration  commands to
  the advfsd daemon.

  The advfsd daemon is automatically started at boot  time.  Under normal
  conditions, this daemon does not need to be run manually.

  If you do not want to have the daemon started at boot time, move the
  /sbin/rc3.d/s53advfsd file from its default location to another  directory
  and run it from that directory.  Whenever you want to run the daemon	at
  boot time, move the s53advfsd file back to the /sbin/rc3.d directory.

  The daemon (called an agent in the dtadvfs GUI interface) employs a file,
  /usr/var/advfs/daemon/disks.ignore, in which you can place the names of
  disks that the daemon will ignore when it gathers  information about disks
  on the system.  If you use the disks.ignore  file, you can improve the
  performance of the dtadvfs  GUI.

  Each line in the disks.ignore file contains the name	of a disk (with no
  directory partition letter) to be ignored by the daemon.  For example, to
  cause	 the disks /dev/disk/dsk3d and /dev/disk/dsk2g	to be ignored, enter
  the following names on separate  lines in the file:

       dsk2

       dsk3

  You cannot ignore an LSM volume by including the LSM volume name in the
  disks.ignore file; you must list the disks from which the LSM volume is
  built. To ignore a complete disk group, you must list all the disks in it.
  Because all partitions on the listed disks will be ignored, unexpected
  results may occur if a disk has partitions belonging to more than one disk
  group.

  The disks.ignore file is processed each time the disks are checked. This
  means that if a disk fails or becomes unavailable, you can add the disk
  name to the disks.ignore file and the daemon will ignore it. Once the disk
  is available, remove the entry from the file. There is no need to stop the
  daemon.

  For more information, see the GUI interface reference page , dtadvfs(8).


RESTRICTIONS

  Only one advfsd daemon can be running on a system  at a given time. If a
  second advfsd daemon attempts to  start, it will fail.

  You must be the root user to use this utility and you must register the
  Advanced File System Utilities license.


FILES

  /sbin/init.d/advfsd
      The script that starts the advfsd daemon	at boot time.

  /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US.ISO8859-1/AdvFS_agent.cat
      The advfsd message catalog.

  /usr/advfs/daemon/etc/srconf/*/*
      The SNMP data files.

  /usr/advfs/daemon/scripts/*
      The sh scripts used by the daemon to execute  commands.

  /usr/sbin/advfsd
      The advfsd daemon executable.

  /usr/var/advfs/daemon/logs/advfsd
      The advfsd daemon message log file. Remove  or copy this log to another
      location periodically to prevent the log from  becoming too large.

  /usr/var/advfs/daemon/socket/hosts.allow
      The security file that lists all hosts with permission to	 connect to
      the advfsd daemon with the AdvFS GUI (dtadvfs).

  /usr/var/advfs/daemon/socket/gui.passwd
      The advfsd password file.

  /usr/var/advfs/daemon/disks.ignore
      The file that lists all disks for the advfsd daemon to ignore when
      collecting statistics about resources.


SEE ALSO

  advfs(4), dtadvfs(8)

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