NAME

       bos_start - Starts a process after setting its status flag

SYNOPSIS

       bos start -server <machine name>
           -instance <server process name>+ [-cell <cell name>]
           [-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]

       bos start -s <machine name> -i <server process name>+
           [-c <cell name>] [-n] [-l] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The bos start command sets the status flag for each process specified by the -instance argument to "Run"
       in the /etc/openafs/BosConfig file and in the BOS Server's memory on the server machine named by the
       -server argument, then starts it. If the process is already running, the command's only effect is to
       guarantee that the status flag is "Run"; it does not restart the process.

       To start a process without changing its status flag in the BosConfig file, use the bos startup command
       instead.

OPTIONS

       -server <machine name>
           Indicates  the  server machine on which to start processes. Identify the machine by IP address or its
           host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see bos(8).

       -instance <server process name>+
           Names each process to start. Use the process name assigned with the -instance  argument  to  the  bos
           create command. The output from the bos status command lists the names.

       -cell <cell name>
           Names  the  cell  in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
           For more details, see bos(8).

       -noauth
           Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer.  Do  not  combine  this  flag  with  the
           -localauth flag. For more details, see bos(8).

       -localauth
           Constructs   a   server   ticket   using   a   key  from  the  local  /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile  or
           /etc/openafs/server/KeyFileExt file.  The bos command interpreter presents  the  ticket  to  the  BOS
           Server  during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell or -noauth options. For
           more details, see bos(8).

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following command changes the status flag for the "upclientbin" and "upclientetc" processes to  "Run"
       in the BosConfig file on the machine "fs6.example.com" and starts them running.

          % bos start -server fs6.example.com -instance upclientbin upclientetc

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The  issuer  must  be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on the machine named by the -server
       argument, or must be logged onto a server machine as the local superuser "root" if the -localauth flag is
       included.

SEE ALSO

       BosConfig(5),   KeyFile(5),   KeyFileExt(5),   UserList(5),   bos(8),   bos_create(8),    bos_startup(8),
       bos_status(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                       BOS_START(8)