Starts processes after setting their status flags to Run in the BosConfig file and in memory
Synopsis
bos start -server machine -process server_process... [{-noauth | -localauth}] [-help]
Options
-server machine
Names the server machine whose processes are to be started. The BOS Server on this machine executes the command. To run this command using a
privileged identity, specify the full DCE path name of the machine. To run this command using the unprivileged identity nobody (the equivalent of running the command with the
-noauth option), specify the machine's host name or IP address.
-process server_process
Specifies each process to be started after its status flag in the BosConfig file and in memory is set to Run. Refer to a process by
the name assigned with the -process option of the bos create command; this name appears in the output from the bos status command.
-noauth
Directs bos to use the unprivileged identity nobody as the identity of the issuer of the command. The command fails if you use this option and DFS
authorization checking is not disabled on the machine specified by -server. If you use this option, do not use the -localauth option.
-localauth
Directs bos to use the DFS server principal name of the machine on which the command is issued as the identity of the issuer. Use this option only if the
command is issued from a DFS server machine (a machine that has a DFS server principal in the local Registry Database). You must be logged into the server machine as root for this option to
work. If you use this option, do not use the -noauth option.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options specified with this option are ignored.
Description
The bos start command changes the status flag for each server process specified by -process from NotRun to Run in the
BosConfig file and in memory on the server machine specified by -server. It then starts each specified process running on that machine.
Privilege Required
The issuer must be listed in the admin.bos file on the machine specified by -server.
Cautions
If an instance of a process is already running, the only effect is to guarantee that its status flag is set to Run in both the BosConfig file and
memory; it does not start a new instance of the process. Issue the bos restart command after this command to start a new instance.
Examples
The following command causes the BOS Server on fs3 to start the Replication Server (repserver process) on that machine by changing its status flags to
Run in both the BosConfig file and memory:
$ bos start /.../abc.com/hosts/fs3 repserver
Related Information
Commands: bos create(8dfs)
Files: BosConfig(4dfs)