Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:43:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r53617 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers Message-ID: <201911201743.xAKHhaA4024093@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: emaste (src committer) Date: Wed Nov 20 17:43:36 2019 New Revision: 53617 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53617 Log: delete amd(8) section from the handbook - it is obsolete In addition amd has been disabled by default in src r354902. Reviewed by: bcr Approved by: bcr Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22459 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Wed Nov 20 06:31:13 2019 (r53616) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Wed Nov 20 17:43:36 2019 (r53617) @@ -798,110 +798,6 @@ rpc_statd_enable="YES"</programlisting> for further details.</para> </sect2> - <sect2 xml:id="network-amd"> - <info> - <title>Automating Mounts with &man.amd.8;</title> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <personname> - <firstname>Wylie</firstname> - <surname>Stilwell</surname> - </personname> - <contrib>Contributed by </contrib> - </author> - </authorgroup> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <personname> - <firstname>Chern</firstname> - <surname>Lee</surname> - </personname> - <contrib>Rewritten by </contrib> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </info> - - <indexterm><primary>amd</primary></indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>automatic mounter daemon</primary> - </indexterm> - - <para>The automatic mounter daemon, - <application>amd</application>, automatically mounts a remote - file system whenever a file or directory within that file - system is accessed. File systems that are inactive for a - period of time will be automatically unmounted by - <application>amd</application>.</para> - - <para>This daemon provides an alternative to modifying - <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> to list every client. It - operates by attaching itself as an <acronym>NFS</acronym> - server to the <filename>/host</filename> and - <filename>/net</filename> directories. When a file is - accessed within one of these directories, - <application>amd</application> looks up the corresponding - remote mount and automatically mounts it. - <filename>/net</filename> is used to mount an exported file - system from an <acronym>IP</acronym> address while - <filename>/host</filename> is used to mount an export from a - remote hostname. For instance, an attempt to access a file - within <filename>/host/foobar/usr</filename> would tell - <application>amd</application> to mount the - <filename>/usr</filename> export on the host - <systemitem>foobar</systemitem>.</para> - - <example> - <title>Mounting an Export with - <application>amd</application></title> - - <para>In this example, <command>showmount -e</command> shows - the exported file systems that can be mounted from the - <acronym>NFS</acronym> server, - <systemitem>foobar</systemitem>:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>showmount -e foobar</userinput> -Exports list on foobar: -/usr 10.10.10.0 -/a 10.10.10.0 -&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /host/foobar/usr</userinput></screen> - </example> - - <para>The output from <command>showmount</command> shows - <filename>/usr</filename> as an export. When changing - directories to <filename>/host/foobar/usr</filename>, - <application>amd</application> intercepts the request and - attempts to resolve the hostname - <systemitem>foobar</systemitem>. If successful, - <application>amd</application> automatically mounts the - desired export.</para> - - <para>To enable <application>amd</application> at boot time, add - this line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> - - <programlisting>amd_enable="YES"</programlisting> - - <para>To start <application>amd</application> now:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service amd start</userinput></screen> - - <para>Custom flags can be passed to - <application>amd</application> from the - <varname>amd_flags</varname> environment variable. By - default, <varname>amd_flags</varname> is set to:</para> - - <programlisting>amd_flags="-a /.amd_mnt -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map /net /etc/amd.map"</programlisting> - - <para>The default options with which exports are mounted are - defined in <filename>/etc/amd.map</filename>. Some of the - more advanced features of <application>amd</application> are - defined in <filename>/etc/amd.conf</filename>.</para> - - <para>Consult &man.amd.8; and &man.amd.conf.5; for more - information.</para> - </sect2> - <sect2 xml:id="network-autofs"> <title>Automating Mounts with &man.autofs.5;</title>
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