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NAME
ptserver - Initializes the Protection Server
SYNOPSIS
ptserver << [-database <db path] >>> << [-p <number of processes] >>>
[-rebuildDB] [-enable_peer_stats] [-enable_process_stats]
[-help]
DESCRIPTION
The ptserver command initializes the Protection Server, which must run
on every database server machine. In the conventional configuration,
its binary file is located in the /usr/lib/openafs directory on a file
server machine.
The ptserver command is not normally issued at the command shell
prompt, but rather placed into a database server machine’s
/etc/openafs/BosConfig file with the bos create command. If it is ever
issued at the command shell prompt, the issuer must be logged onto a
file server machine as the local superuser root.
The Protection Server performs the following tasks:
· Maintains the Protection Database, which contains entries for every
user and group in the cell. Use the pts commands to administer the
database.
· Allocates AFS IDs for new user, machine and group entries and maps
each ID to the corresponding name.
· Generates a current protection subgroup (CPS) at the File Server’s
request. The CPS lists all groups to which a user or machine
belongs.
This command does not use the syntax conventions of the AFS command
suites. Provide the command name and all option names in full.
OPTIONS
-database <db path>
Specifies the pathname of an alternate directory in which the
Protection Database files reside. Provide the complete pathname,
ending in the base filename to which the .DB0 and .DBSYS1
extensions are appended. For example, the appropriate value for the
default database files is /var/lib/openafs/db/prdb.
-p <number of processes>
Sets the number of server lightweight processes (LWPs) to run.
Provide a positive integer from the range 3 to 16. The default
value is 3.
-rebuildDB
Rebuilds the Protection Database at the beginning of Protection
Server initialization. Use this argument only in consultation with
AFS Development or Product Support.
-enable_peer_stats
Activates the collection of Rx statistics and allocates memory for
their storage. For each connection with a specific UDP port on
another machine, a separate record is kept for each type of RPC
(FetchFile, GetStatus, and so on) sent or received. To display or
otherwise access the records, use the Rx Monitoring API.
-enable_process_stats
Activates the collection of Rx statistics and allocates memory for
their storage. A separate record is kept for each type of RPC
(FetchFile, GetStatus, and so on) sent or received, aggregated over
all connections to other machines. To display or otherwise access
the records, use the Rx Monitoring API.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
EXAMPLES
The following bos create command creates a ptserver process on the
machine fs3.abc.com. The command appears here on multiple lines only
for legibility.
% bos create -server fs3.abc.com -instance ptserver \
-type simple -cmd /usr/lib/openafs/ptserver
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer must be logged in as the superuser root on a file server
machine to issue the command at a command shell prompt. It is
conventional instead to create and start the process by issuing the bos
create command.
SEE ALSO
the BosConfig(5) manpage, the prdb.DB0(5) manpage, the bos_create(8)
manpage, the bos_getlog(8) manpage, the pts(1) manpage
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