7.3 Starting and Stopping ShadowFS

ShadowFS must be running in order to provide a merged view to SMB/CIFS users if you are using Novell Samba to provide file access to a DST shadow volume.

To configure a global policy to start ShadowFS at boot time, see Section 8.4, Loading ShadowFS.

Only one instance of ShadowFS should be loaded at a time. Before you attempt to manually start ShadowFS, ensure that you have stopped any running instances of it.

  1. Log in as the root user, then open a terminal console.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Start: Enter the following at a command prompt to start ShadowFS:

      /etc/init.d/novell-shadowfs start
      
    • Stop: Enter the following at a command prompt to stop ShadowFS:

      /etc/init.d/novell-shadowfs stop