---
name: "acsadmin"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ion"
version: "3.2.1+dfsg-1.1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acsadmin"
---

# acsadmin(1)

ION Aggregate Custody Signal (ACS) administration interface

## NAME

acsadmin - ION Aggregate Custody Signal (ACS) administration interface

## SYNOPSIS

**acsadmin** \[ *commands\_filename* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**acsadmin** configures aggregate custody signal behavior for the local ION node.

It operates in response to ACS configuration commands found in the file *commands\_filename*, if provided; if not, **acsadmin** prints a simple prompt (:) so that the user may type commands directly into standard input.

The format of commands for *commands\_filename* can be queried from **acsadmin** with the 'h' or '?' commands at the prompt.  The commands are documented in [*acsrc*(5)](/acsrc/5.md).

## EXIT STATUS

- "0" Successful completion of ACS administration.

  ## EXAMPLES

- acsadmin

  Enter interactive ACS configuration command entry mode.

- acsadmin host1.acs

  Execute all configuration commands in *host1.acs*, then terminate immediately.

## FILES

See [*acsrc*(5)](/acsrc/5.md) for details of the ACS configuration commands.

## ENVIRONMENT

No environment variables apply.

## DIAGNOSTICS

**Note**: all ION administration utilities expect source file input to be lines of ASCII text that are NL-delimited.  If you edit the acsrc file on a Windows machine, be sure to **use dos2unix to convert it to Unix text format** before presenting it to **acsadmin**.  Otherwise **acsadmin** will detect syntax errors and will not function satisfactorily.

The following diagnostics may be issued to the logfile ion.log:

- acsadmin can't attach to ION.

  There is no SDR data store for *acsadmin* to use.  You should run [*ionadmin*(1)](/ionadmin/1.md) first, to set up an SDR data store for ION.

- Can't open command file...

  The *commands\_filename* specified in the command line doesn't exist.

Various errors that don't cause **acsadmin** to fail but are noted in the **ion.log** log file may be caused by improperly formatted commands given at the prompt or in the *commands\_filename* file. Please see [*acsrc*(5)](/acsrc/5.md) for details.

## BUGS

Report bugs to \<ion-bugs@korgano.eecs.ohiou.edu\>

## SEE ALSO

[*ionadmin*(1)](/ionadmin/1.md), [*bpadmin*(1)](/bpadmin/1.md), [*acsrc*(5)](/acsrc/5.md)