6.6 The Driver Shim Configuration File

The driver shim configuration file /usr/local/ASAM/data/fanout.conf controls operation of the driver shim. You can specify the configuration options listed in Table 6-2, one per line. You can also specify these options on the command line. For details about driver shim command line values, see Section B.3, Driver Shim Command Line Options.

Table 6-2 Driver Shim Configuration File Statements

Option (Short and Long Forms)

Description

-conn <connString>

-connection <connString>

A string with connection options. Enclose the string in double quotes ("). If you specify more than one option, separate the options with spaces.

  • port=<driverShimPort>
  • ca=<Certificate Authority Key File>

-path <driverPath>

Specifies the path for driver files. The default path is /opt/novell/racfdrv.

-netinterface <ipaddress>

Specifies the ip address through which the driver listens for client requests.

-sp <RLpassword>,<DOpassword>,

-setpassword <RLpassword>,<DOpassword>,

Sets the Remote Loader and Driver object passwords.

-t <traceLevel>

-trace <traceLevel>

Sets the level of debug tracing. 0 is no tracing, and 10 is all tracing. For details, see Section B.4, The Trace File.

The output file location is specified by the tracefile option.

-tf <fileName>

-trace <traceLevel>

Sets the tracefile location.

The default is /user/local/nxdrv/logs/trace.log.

-ndl

-nodirxmllog

Disables writing to the driver status log file.

Disables writing to dirxml.log.

Example Driver Shim Configuration File

  -tracefile /usr/local/ASAM/debug.log
  -trace 0
  -connection "ca=/usr/local/ASAM/keys/ca.pem port=8090"
  -path /usr/local/ASAM/