fs - Introduction to the fs command suite
The commands in the fs command suite constitute the main administrative interface to the Auristor Cache Manager on a client machine. The Cache Manager is responsible for fetching data from file server when applications traverse the /afs file namespace.
There are several categories of commands in the fs command suite:
Commands to set and report how the Cache Manager interacts with servers: fs_checkservers(1), fs_getcellstatus(1), fs_getcrypt(1), fs_getserverprefs(1), fs_getverify(1), fs_listcells(1), fs_newcell(1), fs_setcell(1), fs_setcrypt(1), fs_setserverprefs(1), fs_setverify(1), fs_sysname(1), fs_uuid(1), and fs_wscell(1).
Commands to administer access control lists (ACLs) on directories and files: fs_cleanacl(1), fs_copyacl(1), fs_getcalleraccess(1), fs_listacl(1), fs_setacl(1), and fs_removeacl(1).
Commands to administer volumes or partitions that house a given file or directory: fs_diskfree(1), fs_examine(1), fs_getfid(1), fs_listquota(1), fs_quota(1), fs_setquota(1), fs_setvol(1), fs_whereis(1), and fs_whichcell(1).
Commands to administer owner, group and UNIX mode for a given file or directory on Microsoft Windows: fs_chgrp(1), fs_chmod(1), fs_chown(1)
Commands to administer the local client cache and related information: fs_bypassthreshold(1), fs_checkvolumes(1), fs_flush(1), fs_flushall(1), fs_flushvolume(1), fs_getcacheparms(1), fs_listaliases(1), fs_newalias(1), and fs_setcachesize(1).
Commands to administer volume mount points: fs_lsmount(1), fs_mkmount(1), and fs_rmmount(1).
Commands to control monitoring and tracing: fs_memdump(1), fs_messages(1), fs_minidump(1), and fs_trace(1).
A command to administer Cache Manager ignorelists of file and directory names: fs_ignorelist(1).
Commands to obtain help: fs_apropos(1) and fs_help(1).
Command to display the program version: fs version.
The Cache Manager and the fs commands use the following configuration file:
The yfs-client.conf(5) file contains all of the configuration and locally specified cell information used by the cache manager.
In addition, the Cache Manager automatically creates files on the cache partition (by default, /var/cache/yfs) for caching and tracking files fetched from file server machines.
For more details, see the reference page for each file.
The following flag is available on every command in the fs suite. The reference page for each command also lists it, but it is described here in greater detail.
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
The privileges required for fs command suite varies by command. Pay attention to the PRIVILEGE REQUIRED section of each command description.
The various types of necessary privilege include:
Having permissions on a file's or directory's ACL.
For example,
creating and removing mount points requires a (administer),
i (insert),
and d (delete) permissions on the ACL of the directory in which the mount point resides.
Being logged onto the machine as the local superuser root.
This is necessary when issuing commands that affect Cache Manager configuration.
Belonging to the system:administrators group in the Protection Database.
None required.
afs_cache(5), fs_apropos(1), fs_checkservers(1), fs_checkvolumes(1), fs_cleanacl(1), fs_copyacl(1), fs_diskfree(1), fs_examine(1), fs_flush(1), fs_flushall(1), fs_flushmount(1), fs_flushvolume(1), fs_getcacheparms(1), fs_getcalleraccess(1), fs_getcellstatus(1), fs_getcrypt(1), fs_getfid(1), fs_getserverprefs(1), fs_getverify(1), fs_help(1), fs_listacl(1), fs_listaliases(1), fs_listcells(1), fs_listquota(1), fs_lsmount(1), fs_memdump(1), fs_messages(1), fs_minidump(1), fs_mkmount(1), fs_newalias(1), fs_newcell(1), fs_quota(1), fs_rmmount(1), fs_setacl(1), fs_setcachesize(1), fs_setcell(1), fs_setcrypt(1), fs_setquota(1), fs_setserverprefs(1), fs_setverify(1), fs_setvol(1), fs_storebehind(1), fs_sysname(1), fs_trace(1), fs_whereis(1), fs_whichcell(1), fs_wscell(1), yfs-client.conf(5)
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