DAMD(1M)                        Domain/OS SysV                        DAMD(1M)



NAME
     damd - Domain automount daemon

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/damd [option]

     Normally started by /etc/rc.nfs.  See description below.

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/rc.nfs script normally starts up /etc/damd, if the file
     /etc/daemons/damd exists. (Note that it is the existence of
     /etc/daemons/damd that causes /etc/rc.nfs to invoke /etc/damd.  The
     contents of the file are irrelevant.)

     The damd daemon services Domain NFS clients. It automatically and
     transparently mounts a file system when you attempt to access it through
     an NFS mount point on a remote node in an Apollo networked file system.

     The Domain NFS client waits up to 12 seconds for /etc/damd to become
     available to handle a request.  When /etc/damd is available, the client
     waits up to 12 seconds for /etc/damd to finish the request.

     /etc/damd allows 2 to 8-second timeouts and 2 to 8 retries for the
     initial automount request.  Any user-specified timeout and retransmit
     settings greater than 8 default to 8 and any less than 2 default to 2.

     /etc/damd must be run by root.

     The NFSCLIENTVERBOSE environment variable enables damd to write error and
     informational messages to a client's stderr.  This information may help
     determine the most efficient values to use when mounting foreign machines
     or when setting clntConfig values.  Use the following command line to set
     the NFSCLIENTVERBOSE environment variable in a C shell:

     setenv NFSCLIENTVERBOSE 1

     The following command line sets the NFSCLIENTVERBOSE environment variable
     in a Korn shell:

     export NFSCLIENTVERBOSE=1


OPTION
     -e        Allow /etc/damd to obtain hierarchical mounts directly from a
               foreign node.  The base mount is always obtained from the
               Apollo node that mounted the foreign node.

SEE ALSO
     mountd(1m)