SYNOPSIS

$PCP_BINADM_DIR/autofsd-probe [-h host] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION

autofsd-probe will check the status of the autofsd(1) daemon on the specified host.

Unless directed to another host by the -h option, autofsd-probe will contact the AutoFS daemon on the local host.

The AutoFS file system is built on the Remote Procedure Call (RPC(3)) library routines. The -t option allows the total timeout and retry timeout intervals to be set for all remote procedure call operations used with autofsd-probe. This option accepts an interval argument in the form described in the PCPintro(1) manual page.

autofsd-probe is typically used in an automated fashion from within pmdashping(1) and in conjunction with pmie(1), for monitoring response time and service failure.

By default autofsd-probe will not produce any output, unless there is an error in which case a diagnostic message will be displayed and the exit status will indicate the reason for failure.

DIAGNOSTICS

If autofsd-probe succeeds, then 0 will be returned. If the attempt to establish a connection with autofsd fails, then 2 is returned. If the subsequent attempt to invoke an autofsd response fails, then 1 will be returned.

In the case of a syntactical command line error, 4 is returned and the usage message is displayed.

PCP ENVIRONMENT

Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(4).