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NAME

       amd.conf - Amd configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       amd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The amd.conf file is the configuration file for Amd, as part of the am-utils suite.

       amd.conf contains runtime configuration information for the Amd automounter program.

FILE FORMAT

       The  file  consists  of  sections  and  parameters.  A section begins with the name of the
       section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins or the end the file
       is reached.  Sections contain parameters of the form 'name = value'.

       The  file  is  line-based  -  that  is,  each  newline-terminated line represents either a
       comment, a section name or a parameter.  No line-continuation syntax is available.

       Section, parameter names and their values are case sensitive.

       Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant.  Whitespace before or after  the
       first  equals sign is discarded.  Leading, trailing and internal whitespace in section and
       parameter names is irrelevant.  Leading and trailing whitespace in a  parameter  value  is
       discarded.   Internal whitespace within a parameter value is not allowed, unless the whole
       parameter value is quoted with double quotes as in 'name = "some value"'.

       Any line beginning with a pound  sign  (#)  is  ignored,  as  are  lines  containing  only
       whitespace.

       The  values  following  the  equals  sign in parameters are all either a string (no quotes
       needed if string does not include spaces) or a boolean, which  may  be  given  as  yes/no.
       Case is significant in all values.  Some items such as cache timeouts are numeric.

SECTIONS

   The [global] section
       Parameters  in  this  section  either apply to Amd as a whole, or to all other regular map
       sections  which  follow.   There  should  be  only  one  global  section  defined  in  one
       configuration file.

       It  is  highly recommended that this section be specified first in the configuration file.
       If it is not, then regular map sections which  precede  it  will  not  use  global  values
       defined later.

   Regular [/map] sections
       Parameters  in regular (non-global) sections apply to a single map entry.  For example, if
       the map section [/homes] is defined, then all parameters following it will be  applied  to
       the /homes Amd-managed mount point.

PARAMETERS

   Parameters common to all sections
       These parameters can be specified either in the global or a map specific section.  Entries
       specified in a map-specific section override the default  value  or  one  defined  in  the
       global  section.    If such a common parameter is specified only in the global section, it
       is applicable to all regular map sections that follow.

       browsable_dirs (string, default=no)
              If "yes," then Amd's top-level mount points will be browsable to readdir(3)  calls.
              This means you could run for example ls(1) and see what keys are available to mount
              in that directory.  Not all entries are made visible to readdir(3): the  "/default"
              entry,  wildcard  entries,  and  those with a "/" in them are not included.  If you
              specify "full" to this option, all but "/default" will be visible.   Note  that  if
              you  run a command which will attempt to stat(2) the entries, such as often done by
              "ls -l" or "ls -F," Amd will attempt to mount every entry in  that  map.   This  is
              often called a ``mount storm.''

       map_defaults (string, default to empty)
              This  option  sets a string to be used as the map's /defaults entry, overriding any
              /defaults specified in the map.  This allows local users to override  map  defaults
              without modifying maps globally.

       map_options (string, default no options)
              This  option is the same as specifying map options on the command line to Amd, such
              as "cache:=all".

       map_type (string, default search all map types)
              If specified, Amd will initialize the map only for the type given.  This is  useful
              to  avoid  the  default map search type used by Amd which takes longer and can have
              undesired side-effects such as initializing NIS even if not used.  Possible  values
              are

              exec      executable maps
              file      plain files
              hesiod    Hesiod name service from MIT
              ldap      Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
              ndbm      (New) dbm style hash files
              nis       Network Information Services (version 2)
              nisplus   Network Information Services Plus (version 3)
              passwd    local password files
              union     union maps

       mount_type (string, default=nfs)
              All Amd mount types default to NFS.  That is, Amd is an NFS server on the map mount
              points, for the local host it is running on.  If "autofs" is specified, Amd will be
              an autofs server for those mount points.

       autofs_use_lofs (string, default=yes)
              When  set  to  "yes" and using Autofs, Amd will use lofs-type (loopback) mounts for
              type:=link mounts.  This has the advantage of mounting in place, and users  get  to
              the  see the same pathname that they chdir'ed into.  If this option is set to "no,"
              then Amd will use symlinks instead: that code is more tested, but negates  autofs's
              big advantage of in-place mounts.

       search_path (string, default no search path)
              This  provides a (colon-delimited) search path for file maps.  Using a search path,
              sites can allow for local map customizations and  overrides,  and  can  distributed
              maps in several locations as needed.

       selectors_in_defaults (boolean, default=no)
              If  "yes,"  then  the  /defaults  entry  of  maps  will  search for and process any
              selectors before setting defaults for all other keys in that map.  Useful when  you
              want  to  set  different  options for a complete map based on some parameters.  For
              example, you may want to better the NFS performance over slow  slip-based  networks
              as follows:

              /defaults \
                  wire==slip-net;opts:=intr,rsize=1024,wsize=1024 \
                  wire!=slip-net;opts:=intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192

              Deprecated form: selectors_on_default

       sun_map_syntax (boolean, default=no)
              If "yes," then Amd will parse the map according to the Sun Automount syntax.

   Parameters applicable to the global section only
       arch (string, default to compiled in value)
              Same  as  the  -A  option to Amd.  Allows you to override the value of the arch Amd
              variable.

       auto_attrcache (numeric, default=0)
              Specify in seconds (or units of 0.1 seconds, depending on  the  OS),  what  is  the
              (kernel-side)  NFS  attribute  cache timeout for @i{Amd}'s own automount points.  A
              value of 0 is supposed to turn off attribute caching, meaning that @i{Amd} will  be
              consulted  via a kernel-RPC each time someone stat()'s the mount point (which could
              be abused as a denial-of-service attack).   Warning:  some  OSs  are  incapable  of
              turning  off  the  NFS attribute cache reliably.  On such systems, Amd may not work
              reliably under heavy load.  See  the  README.attrcache  document  in  the  Am-utils
              distribution for more details.

       auto_dir (string, default=/a)
              Same  as  the  -a  option  to  Amd.  This sets the private directory where Amd will
              create sub-directories for its real mount points.

       cache_duration (numeric, default=300)
              Same as the -c option to Amd.  Sets the  duration  in  seconds  that  looked-up  or
              mounted map entries remain in the cache.

       cluster (string, default no cluster)
              Same as the -C option to Amd.  Specifies the alternate HP-UX cluster to use.

       debug_mtab_file (string, default=/tmp/mnttab)
              Path  to  mtab  file  that  is  used by Amd to store a list of mounted file systems
              during debug-mtab mode.  This option  only  applies  to  systems  that  store  mtab
              information on disk.

       debug_options (string, default no debug options)
              Same  as  the -D option to Amd.  Specify any debugging options for Amd.  Works only
              if am-utils was configured for debugging  using  the  --enable-debug  option.   The
              "mem"  option,  as  well  as  all  other  options,  can  be turned on via --enable-
              debug=mem.  Otherwise debugging options are ignored.  Options are comma  delimited,
              and  can  be  preceded by the string "no" to negate their meaning.  You can get the
              list of supported debugging options by running Amd -H.  Possible values are:

              all       all options (excludes hrtime and mtab)
              defaults  "sensible" default options (all--excluding hrtime, mtab, and xdrtrace)
              test      full debug options plus mtab,nodaemon,nofork,noamq
              amq       register for amq
              daemon    enter daemon mode
              fork      fork server
              full      program trace
              hrtime    print high resolution time stamps (only if syslog(3) is not used)
              info      info service specific debugging (hesiod, nis, etc.)
              mem       trace memory allocations
              mtab      use local "/tmp/mtab" file
              readdir   show browsable_dirs progress
              str       debug string munging
              trace     trace protocol and NFS mount arguments
              xdrtrace  trace XDR routines

       dismount_interval (numeric, default=120)
              Same as the -w option to Amd.  Specify in seconds, the  time  between  attempts  to
              dismount file systems that have exceeded their cached times.

       domain_strip (boolean, default=yes)
              If  "yes," then the domain name part referred to by ${rhost} is stripped off.  This
              is useful to keep logs and smaller.  If "no," then the domain  name  part  is  left
              changed.  This is useful when using multiple domains with the same maps (as you may
              have hosts whose domain-stripped name is identical).

       exec_map_timeout (numeric, default=10)
              The timeout in seconds that Amd will wait for an executable map program  before  an
              answer  is  returned from that program (or script).  This value should be set to as
              small as possible while still allowing normal replies to  be  returned  before  the
              timer  expires, because during the time that the executable map program is queried,
              Amd is essentially waiting and is thus not responding to any other queries.

       forced_unmounts (boolean, default=no)
              If set to "yes," and the client OS supports forced or lazy unmounts, then Amd  will
              attempt to use them if it gets any of three serious error conditions when trying to
              unmount an existing mount point or mount on top of one: EIO, ESTALE, or EBUSY.

              This could be useful to recover from serious conditions such as hardware failure of
              mounted disks, or NFS servers which are down permanently, were migrated, or changed
              their IP  address.   Only  "type:=toplvl"  mounts  hung  with  EBUSY  are  forcibly
              unmounted using this option, which is useful to recover from a hung Amd).

       full_os (string, default to compiled in value)
              The  full  name  of  the  operating  system, along with its version.  Allows you to
              override the compiled-in full name and version of  the  operating  system.   Useful
              when  the  compiled-in name is not desired.  For example, the full operating system
              name on linux comes up as ``linux'', but you can override it to ``linux-2.2.5.''

       fully_qualified_hosts (string, default=no)
              If "yes," Amd will perform RPC authentication  using  fully-qualified  host  names.
              This  is  necessary  for  some systems, and especially when performing cross-domain
              mounting.  For this function to work, the Amd variable ${hostd} is used,  requiring
              that ${domain} not be null.

       hesiod_base (string, default=automount)
              Specify the base name for hesiod maps.

       karch (string, default to karch of the system)
              Same  as  the  -k option to Amd.  Allows you to override the kernel-architecture of
              your system.  Useful for example on Sun (Sparc) machines, where you can  build  one
              Amd  binary,  and  run  it  on  multiple machines, yet you want each one to get the
              correct karch variable set (for example, sun4c, sun4m, sun4u, etc.)  Note  that  if
              not  specified,  Amd will use uname(3) to figure out the kernel architecture of the
              machine.

       ldap_base (string, default not set)
              Specify the base name for LDAP.  This often includes LDAP-specific values  such  as
              country and organization.

       ldap_cache_maxmem (numeric, default=131072)
              Specify the maximum memory Amd should use to cache LDAP entries.

       ldap_cache_seconds (numeric, default=0)
              Specify the number of seconds to keep entries in the cache.

       ldap_hostports (string, default not set)
              Specify the LDAP host and port values.

       ldap_proto_version (numeric, default=2)
              Specify the version of the LDAP protocol to use.

       local_domain (string, default no sub-domain)
              Same  as  the  -d option to Amd.  Specify the local domain name.  If this option is
              not given the domain name is determined from the hostname, by  removing  the  first
              component of the fully-qualified host name.

       localhost_address (string, default to localhost or 127.0.0.1)
              Specify  the  name or IP address for Amd to use when connecting the sockets for the
              local NFS server and the RPC server.  This defaults to 127.0.0.1  or  whatever  the
              host reports as its local address.  This parameter is useful on hosts with multiple
              addresses where you want to force Amd to connect to a specific address.

       log_file (string, default=/dev/stderr)
              Same as the -l option to Amd.  Specify a file name to log Amd events  to.   If  the
              string  /dev/stderr  is  specified,  Amd will send its events to the standard error
              file descriptor.  If the string syslog is given, Amd will record  its  events  with
              the  system logger syslogd(8).  The default syslog facility used is LOG_DAEMON.  If
              you wish to change it, append its name to the log file name, delimited by a  single
              colon.   For  example,  if  logfile  is  the string syslog:local7 then Amd will log
              messages via syslog(3) using the LOG_LOCAL7 facility (if it exists on the system).

       log_options (string, default=defaults)
              Same as the -x option to Amd.  Specify any logging options for  Amd.   Options  are
              comma  delimited,  and  can be preceded by the string "no" to negate their meaning.
              The "debug" logging option is  only  available  if  am-utils  was  configured  with
              --enable-debug.  You can get the list of supported debugging and logging options by
              running amd -H.  Possible values are:

              all       all messages
              defaults  default messages (fatal,error,user,warning,info)
              debug     debug messages
              error     non-fatal system errors (cannot be turned off)
              fatal     fatal errors (cannot be turned off)
              info      information
              map       map errors
              stats     additional statistical information
              user      non-fatal user errors
              warn      warnings
              warning   warnings

       map_reload_interval (numeric, default=3600)
              The number of seconds that Amd will wait before it checks to see if any  maps  have
              changed  at their source (NIS servers, LDAP servers, files, etc.).  Amd will reload
              only those maps that have changed.

       nfs_allow_any_interface (string, default=no)
              Normally Amd accepts local NFS packets only from 127.0.0.1.  If this  parameter  is
              set  to "yes" then Amd will accept local NFS packets from any local interface; this
              is useful on hosts that may have multiple interfaces where the system is forced  to
              send  all outgoing packets (even those bound to the same host) via an address other
              than 127.0.0.1.

       nfs_allow_insecure_port (string, default=no)
              Normally Amd will refuse requests coming from unprivileged ports  (i.e.   ports  >=
              1024  on  Unix  systems), so that only privileged users and the kernel can send NFS
              requests to it.  However, some kernels (certain versions of Darwin,  MacOS  X,  and
              Linux)  have  bugs that cause them to use unprivileged ports in certain situations,
              which causes Amd to stop dead in its tracks.  This parameter allows Amd to  operate
              normally  even on such systems, at the expense of a slight decrease in the security
              of its operations.  If you see messages like "ignoring request from foo:1234,  port
              not reserved" in your Amd log, try enabling this parameter and give it another go.

       nfs_proto (string, default to trying version tcp then udp)
              By  default,  Amd  tries  TCP  and  then  UDP.   This option forces the overall NFS
              protocol used to TCP or UDP.  It overrides what is in the Amd maps, and  is  useful
              when  Amd  is compiled with NFSv3 support that may not be stable.  With this option
              you can turn off the  complete  usage  of  NFSv3  dynamically  (without  having  to
              recompile Amd) until such time as NFSv3 support is desired again.

       nfs_retransmit_counter (numeric, default=11)
              Same  as the retransmit part of the -t timeout.retransmit option to Amd.  Specifies
              the number of NFS retransmissions that the kernel will use to communicate with Amd.

       nfs_retransmit_counter_udp (numeric, default=11)
              Same as the nfs_retransmit_counter option, but for all UDP mounts only.

       nfs_retransmit_counter_tcp (numeric, default=11)
              Same as the nfs_retransmit_counter option, but for all TCP mounts only.

       nfs_retransmit_counter_toplvl (numeric, default=11)
              Same as the nfs_retransmit_counter option, but only for Amd's top-level UDP mounts.

       nfs_retry_interval (numeric, default=8)
              Same as the timeout part of the -t timeout.retransmit option to Amd.  Specifies the
              NFS  timeout  interval,  in tenths of seconds, between NFS/RPC retries (for UDP and
              TCP).  This is the value that the kernel will use to communicate with Amd.

              Amd relies on the kernel RPC retransmit mechanism to trigger  mount  retries.   The
              values  of  the nfs_retransmit_counter and the nfs_retry_interval parameters change
              the overall retry interval.  Too long an interval gives poor interactive  response;
              too short an interval causes excessive retries.

       nfs_retry_interval_udp (numeric, default=8)
              Same as the nfs_retry_interval option, but for all UDP mounts only.

       nfs_retry_interval_tcp (numeric, default=8)
              Same as the nfs_retry_interval option, but for all TCP mounts only.

       nfs_retry_interval_toplvl (numeric, default=8)
              Same as the nfs_retry_interval option, but only for Amd's top-level UDP mounts.

       nfs_vers (numeric, default to trying version 3 then 2)
              By default, Amd tries version 3 and then version 2.  This option forces the overall
              NFS protocol used to version 3 or 2.  It overrides what is in the Amd maps, and  is
              useful  when  Amd is compiled with NFSv3 support that may not be stable.  With this
              option you can turn off the complete usage of NFSv3 dynamically (without having  to
              recompile Amd) until such time as NFSv3 support is desired again.

       nis_domain (string, default to local NIS domain name)
              Same  as  the  -y  option  to Amd.  Specify an alternative NIS domain from which to
              fetch the NIS maps.  The default is the system domain name.  This option is ignored
              if NIS support is not available.

       normalize_hostnames (boolean, default=no)
              Same  as  the -n option to Amd.  If "yes," then the name refereed to by ${rhost} is
              normalized relative to the host database before  being  used.   The  effect  is  to
              translate aliases into ``official'' names.

       normalize_slashes (boolean, default=yes)

              If "yes," then Amd will condense all multiple ``/'' (slash) characters into one and
              remove all trailing slashes.  If "no," then Amd will not  touch  strings  that  may
              contain  repeated  or  trailing  slashes.   The latter is sometimes useful with SMB
              mounts, which often require multiple slash characters in pathnames.

       os (string, default to compiled in value)
              Same as the -O option to Amd.  Allows you to override the compiled-in name  of  the
              operating  system.   Useful  when  the  built-in  name  is not desired for backward
              compatibility reasons.  For example, if the build in name is  ``sunos5'',  you  can
              override  it  to ``sos5'', and use older maps which were written with the latter in
              mind.

       osver (string, default to compiled in value)
              Same as the -o option to Amd.  Overrides the  compiled-in  version  number  of  the
              operating  system.   Useful  when  the built in version is not desired for backward
              compatibility reasons.  For example, if the build in version is ``2.5.1'', you  can
              override  it  to ``5.5.1'', and use older maps that were written with the latter in
              mind.

       pid_file (string, default=/dev/stdout)
              Specify a file to store the  process  ID  of  the  running  daemon  into.   If  not
              specified,  Amd  will  print  its  process id onto the standard output.  Useful for
              killing Amd after it had run.  Note that the PID of  a  running  Amd  can  also  be
              retrieved via amq -p.  This file is used only if the print_pid option is on.

       plock (boolean, default=yes)
              Same  as  the -S option to Amd.  If "yes," lock the running executable pages of Amd
              into memory.  To improve Amd's performance, systems that support  the  plock(3)  or
              mlockall(2)  call  can  lock  the  Amd process into memory.  This way there is less
              chance it the operating system will schedule, page out, and swap the Amd process as
              needed.   This improves Amd's performance, at the cost of reserving the memory used
              by the Amd process (making it unavailable for other processes).

       portmap_program (numeric, default=300019)
              Specify an alternate Port-mapper  RPC  program  number,  other  than  the  official
              number.   This is useful when running multiple Amd processes.  For example, you can
              run another Amd in "test" mode, without affecting the primary Amd  process  in  any
              way.   For safety reasons, the alternate program numbers that can be specified must
              be in the range 300019-300029, inclusive.  Amq has an option -P which can  be  used
              to  specify an alternate program number of an Amd to contact.  In this way, amq can
              fully control any number of Amd processes running on the same host.

       preferred_amq_port (numeric, default=0)
              Specify an alternate Port-mapper RPC port number for Amd's Amq  service.   This  is
              used for both UDP and TCP.  Setting this value to 0 (or not defining it) will cause
              Amd to select an arbitrary port number.  Setting the Amq  RPC  service  port  to  a
              specific  number  is useful in firewalled or NAT'ed environments, where you need to
              know which port Amd will listen on.

       print_pid (boolean, default=no)
              Same as the -p option to Amd.  If  "yes,"  Amd  will  print  its  process  ID  upon
              starting.

       print_version (boolean, default=no)
              Same  as the -v option to Amd, but the version prints and Amd continues to run.  If
              "yes,"  Amd  will  print  its  version  information  string,  which  includes  some
              configuration and compilation values.

       restart_mounts (boolean, default=no)
              Same  as the -r option to Amd.  If "yes" Amd will scan the mount table to determine
              which file systems are currently mounted.  Whenever one of these  would  have  been
              auto-mounted, Amd inherits it.

       show_statfs_entries (boolean), default=no)
              If  "yes,"  then  all maps which are browsable will also show the number of entries
              (keys) they have when "df" runs. (This is accomplished by returning non-zero values
              to the statfs(2) system call).

       truncate_log (boolean), default=no)
              If  "yes,"  then  the  log  file  (if it is a regular file), will be truncated upon
              startup.

       unmount_on_exit (boolean), default=no)
              If "yes," then Amd will attempt to unmount all file systems which it  knows  about.
              Normally Amd leaves all (esp. NFS) mounted file systems intact.  Note that Amd does
              not know about file systems mounted before it starts up, unless the  restart_mounts
              option or -r flag are used.

       use_tcpwrappers (boolean), default=yes)
              If  "yes," then Amd will use the tcpd/librwap tcpwrappers library (if available) to
              control access to Amd via the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files.

       vendor (string, default to compiled in value)
              The name of the vendor of the operating system.  Overrides the  compiled-in  vendor
              name.   Useful  when  the compiled-in name is not desired.  For example, most Intel
              based systems set the vendor name to ``unknown'', but you can set it to ``redhat.''

   Parameters applicable to regular map sections
       map_name (string, must be specified)
              Name of the map where the keys are located.

       tag (string, default no tag)
              Each map entry in the configuration file can be tagged.  If no  tag  is  specified,
              that  map  section  will  always be processed by Amd.  If it is specified, then Amd
              will process the map if the -T option was given to Amd, and the value given to that
              command-line option matches that in the map section.

EXAMPLES

       Here is a real Amd configuration file I use daily.

       # GLOBAL OPTIONS SECTION
       [ global ]
       normalize_hostnames =    no
       print_pid =              no
       restart_mounts =         yes
       auto_dir =               /n
       log_file =               /var/log/amd
       log_options =            all
       #debug_options =         all
       plock =                  no
       selectors_in_defaults =  yes
       # config.guess picks up "sunos5" and I don't want to edit my maps yet
       os =                     sos5
       # if you print_version after setting up "os," it will show it.
       print_version =          no
       map_type =               file
       search_path =            /etc/amdmaps:/usr/lib/amd:/usr/local/AMD/lib
       browsable_dirs =         yes

       # DEFINE AN AMD MOUNT POINT
       [ /u ]
       map_name =               amd.u

       [ /proj ]
       map_name =               amd.proj

       [ /src ]
       map_name =               amd.src

       [ /misc ]
       map_name =               amd.misc

       [ /import ]
       map_name =               amd.import

       [ /tftpboot/.amd ]
       tag =                    tftpboot
       map_name =               amd.tftpboot

SEE ALSO

       amd(8), amq(8), ctl-amd(8), automount(8), hosts_access(5).

       ``am-utils'' info(1) entry.

       Linux NFS and Automounter Administration by Erez Zadok, ISBN 0-7821-2739-8, (Sybex, 2001).

       http://www.am-utils.org

       Amd - The 4.4 BSD Automounter

AUTHORS

       Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>, Computer Science Department, Stony Brook University, Stony
       Brook, New York, USA.

       Other authors and contributors to am-utils are listed in the AUTHORS file distributed with
       am-utils.

                                          7 August 1997                               AMD.CONF(5)