fad(1M)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | CAUTION | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO

NAME

fad- file access daemon

SYNOPSIS

fad

CAUTION

Do not execute this daemon manually. The SSP startup script invokes it, then monitors it and restarts it as necessary.

DESCRIPTION

The fad daemon provides distributed file access services to SSP clients that need to monitor, read, and write changes of SSP configuration files. Only readable files listed in the fad_files(4) file can be monitored.

fad provides a file-locking service similar to lockf(3C). Once a file is locked by a client, subsequent lock requests against the same file by other clients are blocked and queued. When a file lock is released, the next client on the queue is unblocked and serviced.

fad relies on other SSP server daemons, including machine_server(1M). Each SSP can run only one instance of fad at a time.

FILES

The following files are supported:

$SSPVAR/.ssp_private/fad_files

SSP configuration file list

$SSPVAR/pids/fad.pid

Process ID file

SEE ALSO

machine_server(1M), fad_files(4)

lockf(3C) in the Solaris Reference Manual

SSP 3.5  Last Revised 1 Aug 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | CAUTION | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO