bos_getlog - Prints a server process's log file

       Log files can grow quite large, especially for the database server processes. To keep them to a
       manageable size, periodically either use the UNIX rm command to truncate each log file, or use the bosrestart command to restart each process.

       It can take up to five minutes after the file is removed or process restarted for the space occupied by a
       log file to become available.

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       The bosgetlog command displays on the standard output stream the specified log file from the machine
       named by the -server argument. The BOS Server fetches the log file from the /var/log/openafs directory
       unless an alternate pathname is provided as part of the -file argument.

       The following example displays the FileLog file from the machine "fs3.example.com":

          % bos getlog -server fs3.example.com -file FileLog
          Fetching log file 'FileLog'...
          Sun Nov 8 04:00:34 1998 File server starting
          Sun Nov 8 04:00:39 1998 Partition /vicepa:  attached 21 volumes;
                                  0 volumes not attached
          Sun Nov 8 04:00:40 1998 File Server started Sun Nov 8 04:00:40
                                  1998
          Mon Nov 9 21:45:06 1998 CB: RCallBack (zero fid probe in host.c)
                                  failed for host 28cf37c0.22811

       bos_getlog - Prints a server process's log file

-server <machinename>
           Indicates the server machine from which to retrieve the log file.  Identify the machine by IP address
           or its host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see bos(8).

       -file <logfiletoexamine>
           Names  the  log  file to display. If a filename only is provided, the BOS Server fetches the log file
           from the /var/log/openafs directory; the standard values are:

           AuthLog
               The Authentication Server (kaserver) log file.

           BackupLog
               The Backup Server (buserver) log file.

           BosLog
               The BOS Server (bosserver) log file.

           FileLog
               The File Server (fileserver) log file.

           PtLog
               The Protection Server (ptserver) log file.

           SalvageLog
               The Salvager (salvager) log file.

           VLLog
               The Volume Location (VL) Server (vlserver) log file.

           VolserLog
               The Volume Server (volserver) log file.

           If a pathname and filename are provided, the log file is  retrieved  from  the  indicated  directory.
           Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the /var/log/openafs directory.

       -cell <cellname>
           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 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.

       The output is preceded by the line

          Fetching log file '<filename>'...

       The remainder of the output depends on the particular log file.

       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.

       When a server is in restricted mode, bosgetlog-file may only specify files from the logs directory.

bos(8)

bosgetlog-server <machinename> -file <logfiletoexamine>
           [-cell <cellname>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]

       bosgetl-s <machinename> -f <logfiletoexamine>
           [-c <cellname>] [-n] [-l] [-h]