NAME

SYNOPSIS

mfsmount -h|--help

mfsmount -V|--version

Since 3.0.75 (Linux only):

mount -t moosefs [options] [HOST[:PORT]:[PATH]] mountpoint

DESCRIPTION

General options:

-h, --help

display help and exit

-V

display version information and exit

FUSE options:

-d, -o debug

enable debug mode (implies -f)

-f

foreground operation

-s

disable multi-threaded operation

MooseFS options:

-c CFGFILE, -o mfscfgfile=CFGFILE

loads file with additional mount options

-m, --meta, -o mfsmeta

mount MFSMETA companion filesystem instead of primary MooseFS

-n

omit default mount options (-o allow_other)

-p

prompt for password (interactive version of -o mfspassword=PASS)

-H HOST, -o mfsmaster=HOST

connect with MooseFS master on HOST (default is mfsmaster)

-P PORT, -o mfsport=PORT

connect with MooseFS master on PORT (default is 9421)

-B IP, -o mfsbind=IP

local address to use for connecting with master instead of default one

-L IP, -o mfsproxy=IP

define listen ip address of local master proxy for communication with tools (default: 127.0.0.1)

-S PATH, -o mfssubfolder=PATH

mount specified MooseFS directory (default is /, i.e. whole filesystem)

-o mfspassword=PASSWORD

authenticate to MooseFS master with PASSWORD

-o mfspassfile=FILENAME

authenticate to MooseFS master with password stored in first line of file pointed by FILENAME

-o mfsmd5pass=MD5

authenticate to MooseFS master using directly given MD5 (only if mfspassword option is not specified)

-o mfsdonotrememberpassword

do not remember password in memory - more secure, but when session is lost then new session is created without password

-o mfsdebug

print some MooseFS-specific debugging information

-o mfsmemlock

try to lock memory (all allocated memory will be mapped to physical RAM - which also means no swapping)

-o allowoomkiller

do not disable out of memory killer (Linux only)

-o mfslimitarenas=N

if N>0 then limit glibc malloc arenas (Linux only - default: 4)

-o mfsflattrash

use flat trash structure in meta (option added for compatibility reasons - since version 3.0.64 trash is split into 4096 subfolders which reduces problems with big trashes)

-o mfsdelayedinit

connection with master is done in background - with this option mount can be run without network (good for being run from fstab / init scripts etc.)

-o mfsmkdircopysgid=N

sgid bit should be copied during mkdir operation (default depends on operating system)

-o mfssugidclearmode=SMODE

set sugid clear mode (see SUGID CLEAR MODES; default depends on operating system)

-o mfscachemode=CMODE

set cache mode (see DATA CACHE MODES; default is AUTO)

-o mfscachefiles

(deprecated) preserve file data in cache (equivalent to '-o mfscachemode=YES')

-o mfsattrcacheto=SEC

set attributes cache timeout in seconds (default: 1.0)

-o mfsxattrcacheto=SEC

set extended attributes (xattr) cache timeout in seconds (default: 30.0)

-o mfsentrycacheto=SEC

set file entry cache timeout in seconds (default: 0.0, i.e. no cache)

-o mfsdirentrycacheto=SEC

set directory entry cache timeout in seconds (default: 1.0)

-o mfsnegentrycacheto=SEC

set negative entry cache timeout in seconds (default: 0.0)

-o mfssymlinkcacheto=SEC

set symbolic link cache timeout in seconds (default: 300.0)

-o mfsgroupscacheto=SEC

set supplementary groups cache timeout in seconds (default: 300.0)

-o mfsrlimitnofile=N

try to change limit of simultaneously opened file descriptors on startup (default: 100000)

-o mfsnice=LEVEL

try to change nice level to specified value on startup (default: -19)

-o mfswritecachesize=N

specify write cache size in MiB (in range: 16..2048 - default: 256)

-o mfsreadaheadsize=N

define size of all read ahead buffers in MiB (in range: 16..2048 - default: 256)

-o mfsreadaheadleng=N

define amount of bytes to be additionally read (in range: 128KiB..2MiB - default: 1048576)

-o mfsreadaheadtrigger=N

define amount of bytes read sequentially that turns on read ahead (default: 10 * mfsreadaheadleng)

-o mfserroronlostchunk

when all known chunkservers are connected to the master and the required chunk is missing then immediately finish I/O and return an error

-o mfserroronnospace

when all known chunkservers are connected to the master and there is no free space then immediately finish I/O and return an error

-o mfsioretries=N

specify number of retries before I/O error is returned (default: 30)

-o mfstimeout=N

define maximum timeout in seconds before I/O error is returned (default: 0 - which means no timeout)

-o mfslogretry=N

define minimal retry counter on which system will start log I/O messages (default: 5)

-o mfsfsyncmintime=SEC

force fsync before last file close when file was opened/created at least SEC seconds earlier (default: 0.0 - always do fsync before close)

-o mfspreflabels=LABELEXPR

specify preferred labels for choosing chunkservers during I/O

-o mfsnoxattrs

turn off xattr support

-o mfsnoposixlocks

turn off support for global posix locks (lockf + ioctl) - locks will work locally

-o mfsnobsdlocks

turn off support for global BSD locks (flock) - locks will work locally

General mount options (see mount(8) manual):

-o rw|-o ro

Mount file-system in read-write (default) or read-only mode respectively.

-o suid|-o nosuid

Enable or disable suid/sgid attributes to work.

-o dev|-o nodev

Enable or disable character or block special device files interpretation.

-o exec|-o noexec

Allow or disallow execution of binaries.

SUGID CLEAR MODE

NEVER

MFS will not change suid and sgid bit on chown

ALWAYS

clear suid and sgid on every chown - safest operation

OSX

standard behavior in OS X and Solaris (chown made by unprivileged user clear suid and sgid)

BSD

standard behavior in *BSD systems (like in OSX, but only when something is really changed)

EXT

standard behavior in most file systems on Linux (directories not changed, others: suid cleared always, sgid only when group exec bit is set)

XFS

standard behavior in XFS on Linux (like EXT but directories are changed by unprivileged users)

DATA CACHE MODES

DIRECT

forces direct io (bypasses cache)

NO,NONE or NEVER

never allow files data to be kept in cache (safest but can reduce efficiency)

YES or ALWAYS

always allow files data to be kept in cache (dangerous)

AUTO

file cache is managed by mfsmaster automatically (should be very safe and efficient)

LABEL EXPRESSIONS

LABELEXPR

-> S ; LABELEXPR | S

S

-> S + M | M

M

-> M L | L

L

-> a .. z | A .. Z | ( S ) | [ S ]

Subexpressions should be placed in priority order. Up to nine subexpressions (priorities) can be specified.

FSTAB

Linux:

mfsmount mountpoint fuse options 0 0

*BSD:

mfsmount_magic mountpoint moosefs options,mountprog=/usr/local/bin/mfsmount 0 0

Since version 3.0.75 alternative form can be used:

Linux:

HOST[:PORT]:[PATH] mountpoint moosefs options 0 0

*BSD:

HOST[:PORT]:[PATH] mountpoint moosefs options,mountprog=/usr/local/bin/mfsmount 0 0

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

This file is part of MooseFS.

MooseFS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 (only).

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