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advfsd(8)							     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	direc‐
       tory and run it from that directory.  Whenever you want to run the dae‐
       mon   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 exam‐
       ple, 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,	 unex‐
       pected  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  ,	 dtad‐
       vfs(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
       The  script  that  starts  the advfsd daemon  at boot time.  The advfsd
       message catalog.	 The SNMP data files.  The sh scripts used by the dae‐
       mon  to	execute	  commands.  The advfsd daemon executable.  The advfsd
       daemon message log file. Remove	or copy this log to  another  location
       periodically to prevent the log from  becoming too large.  The security
       file that lists all hosts with permission to   connect  to  the	advfsd
       daemon  with  the  AdvFS GUI (dtadvfs).	The advfsd password file.  The
       file that lists all disks for the advfsd daemon to ignore when collect‐
       ing statistics about resources.

SEE ALSO
       advfs(4), dtadvfs(8)

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