doc/man-pages/pod8/bos_getlog.pod

   1 =head1 NAME
   2
   3 bos_getlog - Prints a server process's log file
   4
   5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
   6
   7 =for html
   8 <div class="synopsis">
   9
  10 B<bos getlog> S<<< B<-server> <I<machine name>> >>> S<<< B<-file> <I<log file to examine>> >>>
  11     S<<< [B<-cell> <I<cell name>>] >>> [B<-noauth>] [B<-localauth>] [B<-help>]
  12
  13 B<bos getl> S<<< B<-s> <I<machine name>> >>> S<<< B<-f> <I<log file to examine>> >>>
  14     S<<< [B<-c> <I<cell name>>] >>> [B<-n>] [B<-l>] [B<-h>]
  15
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  18
  19 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  20
  21 The B<bos getlog> command displays on the standard output stream the
  22 specified log file from the machine named by the B<-server> argument. The
  23 BOS Server fetches the log file from the F</usr/afs/logs> directory unless
  24 an alternate pathname is provided as part of the B<-file> argument.
  25
  26 =head1 CAUTIONS
  27
  28 Log files can grow quite large, especially for the database server
  29 processes. To keep them to a manageable size, periodically either use the
  30 UNIX B<rm> command to truncate each log file, or use the B<bos restart>
  31 command to restart each process.
  32
  33 It can take up to five minutes after the file is removed or process
  34 restarted for the space occupied by a log file to become available.
  35
  36 =head1 OPTIONS
  37
  38 =over 4
  39
  40 =item B<-server> <I<machine name>>
  41
  42 Indicates the server machine from which to retrieve the log file.
  43 Identify the machine by IP address or its host name (either
  44 fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see L<bos(8)>.
  45
  46 =item B<-file> <I<log file to examine>>
  47
  48 Names the log file to display. If a filename only is provided, the BOS
  49 Server fetches the log file from the F</usr/afs/logs> directory; the
  50 standard values are:
  51
  52 =over 4
  53
  54 =item F<AuthLog>
  55
  56 The Authentication Server (B<kaserver>) log file.
  57
  58 =item F<BackupLog>
  59
  60 The Backup Server (B<buserver>) log file.
  61
  62 =item F<BosLog>
  63
  64 The BOS Server (B<bosserver>) log file.
  65
  66 =item F<FileLog>
  67
  68 The File Server (B<fileserver>) log file.
  69
  70 =item F<PtLog>
  71
  72 The Protection Server (B<ptserver>) log file.
  73
  74 =item F<SalvageLog>
  75
  76 The Salvager (B<salvager>) log file.
  77
  78 =item F<VLLog>
  79
  80 The Volume Location (VL) Server (B<vlserver>) log file.
  81
  82 =item F<VolserLog>
  83
  84 The Volume Server (B<volserver>) log file.
  85
  86 =back
  87
  88 If a pathname and filename are provided, the log file is retrieved from
  89 the indicated directory. Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the
  90 F</usr/afs/logs> directory.
  91
  92 =item B<-cell> <I<cell name>>
  93
  94 Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument
  95 with the B<-localauth> flag. For more details, see L<bos(8)>.
  96
  97 =item B<-noauth>
  98
  99 Assigns the unprivileged identity C<anonymous> to the issuer. Do not
 100 combine this flag with the B<-localauth> flag. For more details, see
 101 L<bos(8)>.
 102
 103 =item B<-localauth>
 104
 105 Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
 106 F</usr/afs/etc/KeyFile> file. The B<bos> command interpreter presents the
 107 ticket to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this
 108 flag with the B<-cell> or B<-noauth> options. For more details, see
 109 L<bos(8)>.
 110
 111 =item B<-help>
 112
 113 Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
 114 ignored.
 115
 116 =back
 117
 118 =head1 OUTPUT
 119
 120 The output is preceded by the line
 121
 122    Fetching log file '<filename>'...
 123
 124 The remainder of the output depends on the particular log file.
 125
 126 =head1 EXAMPLES
 127
 128 The following example displays the FileLog file from the machine
 129 C<fs3.example.com>:
 130
 131    % bos getlog -server fs3.example.com -file FileLog
 132    Fetching log file 'FileLog'...
 133    Sun Nov 8 04:00:34 1998 File server starting
 134    Sun Nov 8 04:00:39 1998 Partition /vicepa:  attached 21 volumes;
 135                            0 volumes not attached
 136    Sun Nov 8 04:00:40 1998 File Server started Sun Nov 8 04:00:40
 137                            1998
 138    Mon Nov 9 21:45:06 1998 CB: RCallBack (zero fid probe in host.c)
 139                            failed for host 28cf37c0.22811
 140
 141 =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
 142
 143 The issuer must be listed in the F</usr/afs/etc/UserList> file on the
 144 machine named by the B<-server> argument, or must be logged onto a server
 145 machine as the local superuser C<root> if the B<-localauth> flag is
 146 included.
 147
 148 When a server is in restricted mode, B<bos getlog> B<-file> may only
 149 specify files from the logs directory.
 150
 151 =head1 SEE ALSO
 152
 153 L<bos(8)>
 154
 155 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 156
 157 IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
 158
 159 This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was
 160 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
 161 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.