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Re: /tmp filesystem not backing up on AIX

1996-12-03 16:06:38
Subject: Re: /tmp filesystem not backing up on AIX
From: Paul Zarnowski <VKM AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 16:06:38 EST
On Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:46:28 -0500 Tom Denier said:
>The discussion of /tmp is related to a question I have been trying to
>answer recently: what is supposed to happen if 'domain all-local' is
>specified in the client user options file. The "User's Guide and
>Reference for UNIX" states that 'the default value for this option
>is ALL-LOCAL, which specifies that all local file systems are to
>be backed up'. This description seems to make it perfectly clear
>that /tmp will be backed up if 'domain all-local' is specified for
>a client. On the other hand, I have clients using that domain
>specification, and queries on the server seem to be indicating that
>/tmp is not being backed up for those clients. Am I missing somethning,
>or is the manual written incorrectly?

You're missing something.  Page 101 of the User's guide:

  If you do not specify file systems with the DOMAIN option in your client
  user options file, the default is all locally mounted file systems except
  /tmp.