doc/man-pages/pod5/BosLog.pod

   1 =head1 NAME
   2
   3 BosLog - Traces BOS Server operations
   4
   5 =head1 DESCRIPTION
   6
   7 The F<BosLog> file records a trace of Basic OverSeer (BOS) Server
   8 (B<bosserver> process) operations on the local machine and describes any
   9 error conditions it encounters.
  10
  11 If the F<BosLog> file does not already exist in the F</usr/afs/logs>
  12 directory when the BOS Server starts, the server process creates it and
  13 writes initial start-up messages to it.
  14
  15 The file is in ASCII format. Administrators listed in the
  16 F</usr/afs/etc/UserList> file can use the B<bos getlog> command to display
  17 its contents. Alternatively, log onto the server machine and use a text
  18 editor or a file display command such as the UNIX B<cat> command. By
  19 default, the mode bits on the F<BosLog> file grant the required C<r>
  20 (read) permission to all users.
  21
  22 The BOS Server records operations only as it completes them, and cannot
  23 recover from failures by reviewing the file. The log contents are useful
  24 for administrative evaluation of process failures and other problems.
  25
  26 =head1 SEE ALSO
  27
  28 L<UserList(5)>,
  29 L<bos_getlog(8)>,
  30 L<bosserver(8)>
  31
  32 =head1 COPYRIGHT
  33
  34 IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
  35
  36 This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was
  37 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
  38 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.