bos_getrestart - Displays the automatic restart times for server processes
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OpenAFS 2025-03-21 BOS_GETRESTART(8)
Description
The bos getrestart command displays two restart times from the /etc/openafs/BosConfig file on the server
machine named by the -server argument:
• The generalrestart time at which the BOS Server process automatically restarts itself and all
processes marked with status "Run" in the BosConfig file. The default is Sunday at 4:00 a.m.
• The binaryrestart time at which the BOS Server automatically restarts any process for which the time
stamp on the binary file in the /usr/lib/openafs directory is later than the last restart time for
the process. The default is 5:00 a.m. Use the bosgetdate command to list a binary file's timestamp,
and the -long flag to the bosstatus command to display a process's most recent restart time.
Use the bossetrestart command to set the restart times.
Examples
The following example displays the restart times for the machine "db2.example.com":
% bos getrestart db2.example.com
Server db2.example.com restarts at sun 4:00 am
Server db2.example.com restarts for new binaries at 2:15 am
In the following example, the issuer abbreviates the machine name "fs1.example.com" to "fs1", relying on
the cell's name server to resolve the name. The output echoes the abbreviated form.
% bos getrestart fs1
Server fs1 restarts at sat 5:00 am
Server fs1 restarts for new binaries at 11:30 pm
Name
bos_getrestart - Displays the automatic restart times for server processes
Options
-server <machinename>
Indicates the server machine for which to display the restart times. Identify the machine by IP
address or its host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see
bos(8).
-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 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.
Output
The output consists of two lines:
Server <machine_name> restarts at <time>
Server <machine_name> restarts for new binaries at <time>
Possible values for <time> include:
• "never", indicating that the BOS Server never performs that type of restart.
• "now", indicating that the BOS Server performs that type of restart only each time it restarts.
• A specified day and time, indicating that the BOS Server performs that type of restart once per week.
Example: "sun 4:00 am".
• A specified time, indicating that the BOS Server performs that type of restart once per day.
Examples: "11:00 pm", "3:00 am".
Privilege Required
None
See Also
BosConfig(5), KeyFile(5), KeyFileExt(5), bos(8), bos_getdate(8), bos_setrestart(8), bos_status(8)
Synopsis
bosgetrestart-server <machinename> [-cell <cellname>]
[-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]
bosgetr-s <machinename> [-c <cellname>] [-n]
[-l] [-h]
