NAME¶

kdb-global-mount - Globally mount plugins

SYNOPSIS¶

kdb global-mount [<plugin> [<config>] [..]]

• plugin are the Elektra plugins to be mounted globally.
• Plugins may be followed by a , separated list of keys=values pairs which will be used as plugin configuration.

kdb gmount is an alias and can be used in the same way as kdb global-mount.

DESCRIPTION¶

This command allows a user to globally mount some plugins that will be part of every interaction with the global keydatabase.

IMPORTANT¶

This command writes into the /etc directory and as such it requires root permissions. Use kdb file system/elektra/globalplugins to find out where exactly it will write to.

OPTIONS¶

-H, --help

Show the man page.

-V, --version

Print version info.

-p, --profile <profile>

Use a different kdb profile.

-C, --color <when>

Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.

-W, --with-recommends

Also add recommended plugins and warn if they are not available.

KDB¶

/sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/plugins/global

It contains a space-separated list of plugins which are added automatically (by default spec). The plugin-configuration syntax is as described above in the synopsis.

EXAMPLES¶

Trace every interaction with the key database (very noisy!): kdb global-mount tracer

For every change of KDB, write to syslog and notify by dbus: kdb global-mount syslog dbus

SEE ALSO¶

• elektra-glossary(7) elektra-glossary.md.
• kdb-umount(7) kdb-umount.md.
• elektra-mounting(7) elektra-mounting.md.