LSMD(1)

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version 1.10.3 · 3 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ LSMD 💖 (section 1, bestie — the lsmd manual page)

okay so. sit down. hydrate. we're talking about lsmd today and honestly? she's a whole vibe. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

Daemon — but like, specifically lsmd. the libStorageMgmt plug-in daemon. the plug-in daemon for libStorageMgmt, if you want the full sentence. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so lsmd is the libStorageMgmt plug-in daemon, and here's the tea: the plug-ins run in their own process space. like, each one gets her own little apartment. why? two reasons, and they're both real:

  • fault isolation — if one plug-in has a meltdown, she doesn't take everybody else down with her. boundaries, queen. 🫶
  • different plug-in licensing requirements — not every plug-in is on the same licensing journey, and separate processes let them coexist without drama. no cap. 📜

and the part that makes her extra relatable: she runs as an unprivileged user. humble. lowkey iconic. not out here demanding root for no reason. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single flag, no skipping, we don't do that here:

  • --plugindir — the directory where the plugins are located. that's it, that's the whole job. point her at where the plug-ins live. 📂
  • --socketdir — the directory for IPC sockets. this is where the inter-process communication sockets hang out. 🌐
  • --confdir — the directory where the config file are located. yes, "file" singular, "are" plural — I'm keeping it exactly how the original says it because I do not rewrite my sources. 😭
  • -v — Verbose logging. she will tell you EVERYTHING. every thought. every feeling. turn this on when you want the group chat blow-by-blow. 🗣️
  • -d — New style daemon (systemd) non-forking. so this is the systemd-era behaviour: she does not fork. no detaching, no running off into the background, she stays right there where systemd can see her. that's the deal. 🧚

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? first of all, thank you for your service. please report bugs to <libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org>. do not suffer in silence, bestie, that's not the move. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Tony Asleson <tasleson@redhat.com> — the author. the moment. the main character. give her her flowers. 💐

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this was lsmd version 1.10.3, dated March 2013 — old but still slaying. 🎀✨ take care of her and she'll take care of your storage. mwah. 💖

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