The FsDaemon

The FsDaemon is a separate application that listen incoming request. The FsDaemon handles all the requests a client can make on the FileSystem.

• MenuRequest : Request the MenuTree
• MenuRequestEx: Request the MenuTree ignoring files matching specific name or extension passed in argument
• AccessTreeRequest : Request the AccessTree
• PermRequest : Request Permissions for a node
• PropRequest: Request a property of a node
• AllGroupsRequest : Request all the groups defined in the LDAP
• PropsRequest : Request all the properties of a node
• SearchRequest: Make a search with terms
• ClearCache: Clear the cache of the user (called when user is disconnected)
• IsAdminRequest: Is the user an admin ?
• IsEditorRequest: Is the user an editor ?
• SavePropertiesRequest : Save properties of a node on the disk
• SavePropertyRequest : Save a property of a node on the disk
• CreateNodeRequest : Create a node on the disk with config files and in the tree
• RenameNodeRequest: Rename a node (on disk, in tree,..)
• DeleteNodeRequest: Delete a node (on disk, in tree,..)
• RootPathRequest : Request the root path
• GetTreeVersion : Get the stamp of the last FileSystemTree that was created

For each request the user must be authenticated first (an Auth Request should have been made before). Every request return a response that takes into account the rights of the user to access a node

The FsDaemon can be launched using different options: Usage :

• [-h | –host] value : connect on host
• [-p | –port] value : connect on port
• [–protocol] value : use protocol
• [–daemonize] : run server in background
• [–root] : Filesystem root path
• [–help] : display this help message
• [–pid] value : write PID in file