NAME
ivman - volume manager
SYNOPSIS
ivman [ -sd ] [ --nofork ] [ -c <directory> ]
DESCRIPTION
Ivman, or Ikke’s Volume Manager, is a daemon to handle the mounting of
media as they are inserted/attached to the system. It can also be used
to execute arbitrary commands when a device with certain properties is
added to the system (Windows autoplay style functionality), and to
execute arbitrary commands when device properties change. Ivman uses
HAL to monitor the state of your system’s hardware.
OPTIONS
-s or --system
Start Ivman in system-wide mode. This is the default if running
Ivman as root. When this option is specified, Ivman reads from
the system-wide configuration directory ( usually /etc/ivman/ );
if this option is not specified, Ivman reads from
${HOME}/.ivman/ instead. Either of these locations may be
overridden with the -c option. Other behaviour may differ
slightly when running in system-wide mode. Don’t use this
option unless you know you need it.
--nofork
Force Ivman not to daemonize, regardless of settings in
IvmConfigBase.xml. Useful for capturing debugging output.
-d or --debug
Force Ivman to give debugging output, regardless of settings in
IvmConfigBase.xml.
-c <directory> or --confdir <directory>
Force Ivman to load configuration files from the specified
directory.
DETAILS
Ivman is a flexible device manager, allowing users to run arbitrary
commands when devices are added/removed, when device properties change,
and when devices emit conditions.
For automount purposes, Ivman should be run once from a system-wide
init script and once per user session (e.g., create a link to
/usr/bin/ivman in ~/.kde/Autostart or put an entry for /usr/bin/ivman
in gnome-session-manager). When a device is attached, Ivman will call
pmount or mount to mount the device. If pmount is used, it will mount
the device readable and writeable only for the current user; if no per-
user instance of Ivman is running, the device will be mounted
read/write for everyone in the same group as is required to use the
pmount command, and read-only for everyone else. If regular mount is
used, then an fstab entry must exist in /etc/fstab for the device to be
mounted, and the settings given in that fstab entry will be used for
the mount.
Ivman is supplied with sensible default configuration files for volume
management, but autoplay functionality has no default actions; you will
need to edit ${HOME}/.ivman/IvmConfigActions.xml(5) or
/etc/ivman/IvmConfigActions.xml(5) to specify some programs to execute.
The syntax of this file and the other Ivman configuration files are
specified in their own manpages.
FILES
/etc/ivman/IvmConfigActions.xml
actions to perform when media is inserted
/etc/ivman/IvmConfigBase.xml
options affecting the running of Ivman
/etc/ivman/IvmConfigConditions.xml
actions to perform when devices emit conditions
/etc/ivman/IvmConfigProperties.xml
actions to perform when device properties change
SEE ALSO
IvmConfigActions.xml(5), IvmConfigBase.xml(5),
IvmConfigConditions.xml(5), IvmConfigProperties.xml(5)
BUGS
Hopefully, none :-) But there could be some still lurking. If you
encounter a bug, please forward details to rohan.pm@gmail.com or add it
to the bug tracker at the project’s Sourceforge page,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivman
9 December 2005