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Introduction
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1. Overview

1.1 Fundamentals
1.2 Filesystems and Volumes
1.3 Volume Naming
1.4 Volume Binding
1.5 Operational Principles
1.6 Mounting a Volume
1.7 Automatic Unmounting
1.8 Keep-alives
1.9 Non-blocking Operation

2. Supported Platforms
3. Mount Maps

3.1 Map Types

3.1.1 File maps
3.1.2 ndbm maps
3.1.3 NIS maps
3.1.4 NIS+ maps
3.1.5 Hesiod maps
3.1.6 Password maps
3.1.7 Union maps
3.1.8 LDAP maps

3.2 How keys are looked up
3.3 Location Format

3.3.1 Map Defaults
3.3.2 Variable Expansion
3.3.3 Selectors

3.3.3.1 arch Selector Variable
3.3.3.2 autodir Selector Variable
3.3.3.3 byte Selector Variable
3.3.3.4 cluster Selector Variable
3.3.3.5 domain Selector Variable
3.3.3.6 dollar Selector Variable
3.3.3.7 host Selector Variable
3.3.3.8 hostd Selector Variable
3.3.3.9 karch Selector Variable
3.3.3.10 os Selector Variable
3.3.3.11 osver Selector Variable
3.3.3.12 full_os Selector Variable
3.3.3.13 vendor Selector Variable
3.3.3.14 key Selector Variable
3.3.3.15 map Selector Variable
3.3.3.16 netnumber Selector Variable
3.3.3.17 network Selector Variable
3.3.3.18 path Selector Variable
3.3.3.19 wire Selector Variable
3.3.3.20 uid Selector Variable
3.3.3.21 gid Selector Variable
3.3.3.22 exists Selector Function
3.3.3.23 false Selector Function
3.3.3.24 netgrp Selector Function
3.3.3.25 netgrpd Selector Function
3.3.3.26 in_network Selector Function
3.3.3.27 true Selector Function

3.3.4 Map Options

3.3.4.1 addopts Option
3.3.4.2 delay Option
3.3.4.3 fs Option
3.3.4.4 opts Option
3.3.4.5 remopts Option
3.3.4.6 sublink Option
3.3.4.7 type Option

4. Amd Command Line Options

4.1 -a directory
4.2 -c cache-interval
4.3 -d domain
4.4 -k kernel-architecture
4.5 -l log-option
4.6 -n
4.7 -o op-sys-ver
4.8 -p
4.9 -r
4.10 -t timeout.retransmit
4.11 -v
4.12 -w wait-timeout
4.13 -x opts
4.14 -y NIS-domain
4.15 -C cluster-name
4.16 -D opts
4.17 -F conf-file
4.18 -H
4.19 -O op-sys-name
4.20 -S
4.21 -T tag

5. Filesystem Types

5.1 Network Filesystem (`nfs')
5.2 Network Host Filesystem (`host')
5.3 Network Filesystem Group (`nfsx')
5.4 Unix Filesystem (`ufs', `xfs', or `efs')
5.5 Caching Filesystem (`cachefs')
5.6 CD-ROM Filesystem (`cdfs')
5.7 Loopback Filesystem (`lofs')
5.8 Memory/RAM Filesystem (`mfs')
5.9 Null Filesystem (`nullfs')
5.10 Floppy Filesystem (`pcfs')
5.11 Translucent Filesystem (`tfs')
5.12 Shared Memory+Swap Filesystem (`tmpfs')
5.13 User ID Mapping Filesystem (`umapfs')
5.14 Program Filesystem (`program')
5.15 Symbolic Link Filesystem (`link')
5.16 Symbolic Link Filesystem II (`linkx')
5.17 NFS-Link Filesystem (`nfsl')
5.18 Automount Filesystem (`auto')
5.19 Direct Automount Filesystem (`direct')
5.20 Union Filesystem (`union')
5.21 Error Filesystem (`error')
5.22 Top-level Filesystem (`toplvl')
5.23 Root Filesystem (`root')
5.24 Autofs Filesystem (`autofs')
5.25 Inheritance Filesystem (`inherit')

6. Amd Configuration File

6.1 File Format
6.2 The Global Section
6.3 Regular Map Sections
6.4 Common Parameters

6.4.1 browsable_dirs Parameter
6.4.2 map_options Parameter
6.4.3 map_type Parameter
6.4.4 mount_type Parameter
6.4.5 search_path Parameter

6.5 Global Parameters

6.5.1 arch Parameter
6.5.2 auto_dir Parameter
6.5.3 cache_duration Parameter
6.5.4 cluster Parameter
6.5.5 debug_options Parameter
6.5.6 dismount_interval Parameter
6.5.7 full_os Parameter
6.5.8 fully_qualified_hosts Parameter
6.5.9 hesiod_base Parameter
6.5.10 karch Parameter
6.5.11 ldap_base Parameter
6.5.12 ldap_cache_maxmem Parameter
6.5.13 ldap_cache_seconds Parameter
6.5.14 ldap_hostports Parameter
6.5.15 local_domain Parameter
6.5.16 log_file Parameter
6.5.17 log_options Parameter
6.5.18 nfs_proto Parameter
6.5.19 nfs_retransmit_counter Parameter
6.5.20 nfs_retry_interval Parameter
6.5.21 nfs_vers Parameter
6.5.22 nis_domain Parameter
6.5.23 normalize_hostnames Parameter
6.5.24 os Parameter
6.5.25 osver Parameter
6.5.26 pid_file Parameter
6.5.27 plock Parameter
6.5.28 portmap_program Parameter
6.5.29 print_pid Parameter
6.5.30 print_version Parameter
6.5.31 restart_mounts Parameter
6.5.32 selectors_in_defaults Parameter
6.5.33 show_statfs_entries Parameter
6.5.34 unmount_on_exit Parameter
6.5.35 vendor Parameter

6.6 Regular Map Parameters

6.6.1 map_name Parameter
6.6.2 tag Parameter

6.7 amd.conf Examples

7. Run-time Administration

7.1 Starting Amd
7.2 Stopping Amd
7.3 Restarting Amd
7.4 Controlling Amd

7.4.1 Amq default information
7.4.2 Amq -f option
7.4.3 Amq -h option
7.4.4 Amq -H option
7.4.5 Amq -l option
7.4.6 Amq -m option
7.4.7 Amq -p option
7.4.8 Amq -P option
7.4.9 Amq -s option
7.4.10 Amq -T option
7.4.11 Amq -U option
7.4.12 Amq -u option
7.4.13 Amq -v option
7.4.14 Amq -w option
7.4.15 Other Amq options

8. FSinfo

8.1 FSinfo overview
8.2 Using FSinfo
8.3 FSinfo grammar
8.4 FSinfo host definitions
8.5 FSinfo host attributes

8.5.1 netif Option
8.5.2 config Option
8.5.3 arch Option
8.5.4 os Option
8.5.5 cluster Option

8.6 FSinfo filesystems

8.6.1 fstype Option
8.6.2 opts Option
8.6.3 passno Option
8.6.4 freq Option
8.6.5 mount Option
8.6.6 dumpset Option
8.6.7 log Option

8.7 FSinfo static mounts
8.8 Defining an Amd Mount Map in FSinfo
8.9 FSinfo Command Line Options

8.9.1 -a autodir
8.9.2 -b bootparams
8.9.3 -d dumpsets
8.9.4 -e exportfs
8.9.5 -f fstab
8.9.6 -h hostname
8.9.7 -m mount-maps
8.9.8 -q
8.9.9 -v
8.9.10 -D name[=defn]
8.9.11 -I directory
8.9.12 -U name

8.10 Errors produced by FSinfo

9. Hlfsd

9.1 Introduction to Hlfsd
9.2 Background to Mail Delivery

9.2.1 Single-Host Mail Spool Directory
9.2.2 Centralized Mail Spool Directory
9.2.3 Distributed Mail Spool Service
9.2.4 Why Deliver Into the Home Directory?

9.3 Using Hlfsd

9.3.1 Controlling Hlfsd
9.3.2 Hlfsd Options
9.3.3 Hlfsd Files

10. Assorted Tools

10.1 am-eject
10.2 amd.conf-sample
10.3 amd2ldif
10.4 amd2sun
10.5 automount2amd
10.6 ctl-amd
10.7 ctl-hlfsd
10.8 expn
10.9 fix-amd-map
10.10 fixmount
10.11 fixrmtab
10.12 lostaltmail
10.13 lostaltmail.conf-sample
10.14 mk-amd-map
10.15 pawd
10.16 wait4amd
10.17 wait4amd2die
10.18 wire-test

11. Examples

11.1 User Filesystems
11.2 Home Directories
11.3 Architecture Sharing
11.4 Wildcard Names & Replicated Servers
11.5 `rwho' servers
11.6 `/vol'
11.7 `/defaults' with selectors
11.8 `/tftpboot' in a chroot-ed environment

12. Internals

12.1 Log Messages

12.1.1 Fatal errors
12.1.2 Info messages

Acknowledgments & Trademarks
Index