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2 <refentry id="bos_exec8">
4 <refentrytitle>bos exec</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refname>bos exec</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Executes a command on a remote server machine</refpurpose>
12 <title>Synopsis</title>
13 <para><emphasis role="bold">bos exec</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-server</emphasis> <<emphasis>machine name</emphasis>> <emphasis role="bold">-cmd</emphasis> <<emphasis>command to execute</emphasis>>
14 [<emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>] [<emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>
16 <para><emphasis role="bold">bos e</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-s</emphasis> <<emphasis>machine name</emphasis>> <emphasis role="bold">-cm</emphasis> <<emphasis>command to execute</emphasis>>
17 [<emphasis role="bold">-ce</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>] [<emphasis role="bold">-n</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-l</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>
21 <title>Description</title>
22 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">bos exec</emphasis> command executes the indicated command on the file server
23 machine named by the <emphasis role="bold">-server</emphasis> argument. Its intended use is to reboot
24 the machine, using the <replaceable>/sbin/reboot</replaceable> command or equivalent.</para>
28 <title>Options</title>
31 <term><emphasis role="bold">-server</emphasis> <<emphasis>machine name</emphasis>></term>
33 <para>Indicates the server machine on which to execute the command. Identify
34 the machine by IP address or its host name (either fully-qualified or
35 abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see <link linkend="bos8">bos(8)</link>.</para>
40 <term><emphasis role="bold">-cmd</emphasis> <<emphasis>command to execute</emphasis>></term>
42 <para>Specifies the complete local disk pathname of the command to execute (for
43 example, <replaceable>/sbin/reboot</replaceable>). Surround this argument with double quotes
44 (<computeroutput>""</computeroutput>) if the command contains one or more spaces.</para>
49 <term><emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>></term>
51 <para>Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument
52 with the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag. For more details, see <link linkend="bos8">bos(8)</link>.</para>
57 <term><emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis></term>
59 <para>Assigns the unprivileged identity <computeroutput>anonymous</computeroutput> to the issuer. Do not
60 combine this flag with the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag. For more details, see
61 <link linkend="bos8">bos(8)</link>.</para>
66 <term><emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis></term>
68 <para>Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
69 <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/KeyFile</replaceable> file. The <emphasis role="bold">bos</emphasis> command interpreter presents the
70 ticket to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this
71 flag with the <emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis> options. For more details, see
72 <link linkend="bos8">bos(8)</link>.</para>
77 <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
79 <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
87 <title>Examples</title>
88 <para>The following command reboots the machine <computeroutput>fs2.abc.com</computeroutput>. The issuer has
89 previously issued the <emphasis role="bold">bos shutdown</emphasis> command to shutdown all processes
93 % bos exec -server fs2.abc.com -cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
98 <title>Privilege Required</title>
99 <para>The issuer must be listed in the <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/UserList</replaceable> file on the
100 machine named by the <emphasis role="bold">-server</emphasis> argument, or must be logged onto a server
101 machine as the local superuser <computeroutput>root</computeroutput> if the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag is
106 <title>See Also</title>
107 <para><link linkend="bos8">bos(8)</link></para>
111 <title>Copyright</title>
112 <para>IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.</para>
114 <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
115 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
116 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>