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multipath-tools: clarify user_friendly_names prefix behavior in multipath.conf.5
Clarify that the alias prefix depends on the alias_prefix setting. Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com> Cc: DM_DEVEL-ML <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
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@@ -725,11 +725,13 @@ The default is: \fBunused\fR
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.B user_friendly_names
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If set to
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.I yes
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, using the bindings file \fI@STATE_DIR@/bindings\fR to assign a persistent
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and unique alias to the multipath, in the form of mpath<n>. If set to
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, the bindings file \fI@STATE_DIR@/bindings\fR is used to assign a persistent
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and unique alias to the multipath, in the form of \fIprefix\fR<n> (where
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\fIprefix\fR is defined by \fIalias_prefix\fR; by default \IBmpath<n>\fR).
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If set to
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.I no
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use the WWID as the alias. In either case this be will
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be overridden by any specific aliases in the \fImultipaths\fR section.
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, the WWID is used as the alias. In either case, this will be overridden
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by any specific aliases defined in the \fImultipaths\fR section.
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.RS
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.TP
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The default is: \fBno\fR

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