AFS Commands#
The following commands are useful for users. Another set is useful to system administrators. The bare minimum commands any user should know are: “klog” and “tokens”. AFS commands are stored in /usr/afsws/bin, and man pages in /usr/afsws/man.#
fs - (FileSystem) commands to manage files and ACLs
klog - obtain authentication token
knfs - obtain authentication from non-AFS system (NFS) via translator
kpasswd - change authentication password
pts - (ProTection Server) commands to manage ACL groups
rcp - afs replacement for normal rcp
rsh - afs replacement for normal rsh
tokens - display all tokens
unlog - discard all tokens
The "pts" commands has a number of subcommands:
ad adduser add a user to a group
ap apropos search by help text
ch chown change ownership of a group
cg creategroup create a new group
cu createuser create a new user
del delete delete a user or group from database
e examine examine an entry
h help get help on commands
listm listmax list max id
listo listowned list owned groups
mem membership list membership of a user or group
rem removeuser remove a user from a group
ren rename rename user or group
setf setfields set fields for an entry
setm setmax set max id
The "fs" command has a number of subcommands:
ap apropos search by help text
checks checkservers check local cell's servers
checkv checkvolumes check volumeID/name mappings
cl cleanacl clean up access control list
co copyacl copy access control list
de debug set debugging info
df diskfree show server disk space usage
exa/lv examine display volume status
exp exportafs enable/disable translators to AFS
flush flush file from cache
flushv flushvolume flush all data in volume
getca getcacheparms get cache usage info
getce getcellstatus get cell status
gets/gp getserverprefs get file server ranks
h help get help on commands
la listacl list access control list
listc listcells list configured cells
lq listquota list volume quota
ls lsmount list mount point
me messages control Cache Manager messages
mkmount make mount point
monitor set cache monitor host address
newcell configure new cell
q quota show volume quota usage
rm rmmount remove mount point
sa setacl set access control list
setca setcachesize set cache size
setce setcell set cell status
sq setquota set volume quota
sets/sp setserverprefs set file server ranks
sv setvol set volume status
sy sysname get/set sysname (i.e. @sys) value
whe whereis list file's location
whi whichcell list file's cell
ws wscell list workstation's cell