---
name: "bos_startup"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bos_startup"
---

# bos\_startup(8)

Starts a process without changing its status flag

## NAME

bos\_startup - Starts a process without changing its status flag

## SYNOPSIS

**bos startup** **-server** \<*machine name*\> \[**-instance** \<*instances*\>+\]\
     \[**-cell** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-noauth**\] \[**-localauth**\] \[**-help**\]

**bos startu** **-s** \<*machine name*\> \[**-i** \<*instances*\>+\]\
     \[**-c** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-n**\] \[**-l**\] \[**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **bos startup** command starts, on the server machine named by the **-server** argument, either:

- •

  All AFS server processes not currently running but marked with the `"Run"` status flag in the */etc/openafs/BosConfig* file.

- •

  Each process specified by **-instance** argument, even if its status flag in the **BosConfig** file is `"NotRun"`.

To start a process and set its *BosConfig* status flag to `"Run"`, use the **bos start** command instead.

## OPTIONS

- **-server** \<*machine name*\>

  Indicates the server machine on which to start processes. Identify the machine by IP address or its host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously). For details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-instance** \<*instances*\>+

  Names each process to start. Use the process name assigned with the **-instance** argument to the **bos create** command. The output from the **bos status** command lists the names.

- **-cell** \<*cell name*\>

  Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the **-localauth** flag. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-noauth**

  Assigns the unprivileged identity `"anonymous"` to the issuer. Do not combine this flag with the **-localauth** flag. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-localauth**

  Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local */etc/openafs/server/KeyFile* or */etc/openafs/server/KeyFileExt* file. The **bos** command interpreter presents the ticket to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the **-cell** or **-noauth** options. For more details, see [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md).

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

## EXAMPLES

The following command starts all processes marked with status flag `"Run"` in the *BosConfig* file on the machine `"fs3.example.com"` that are not currently running.

```
   % bos startup fs3.example.com
```

The following command starts the **buserver**, **kaserver**, **ptserver**, and **vlserver** processes running on the machine `"db2.example.com"`, even if their status flags in the *BosConfig* file are `"NotRun"`.

```
   % bos startup -server db2.example.com \
       -instance buserver kaserver ptserver vlserver
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The issuer must be listed in the */etc/openafs/server/UserList* file on the machine named by the **-server** argument, or must be logged onto a server machine as the local superuser `"root"` if the **-localauth** flag is included.

## SEE ALSO

[**BosConfig**(5)](/BosConfig/5.md), [**KeyFile**(5)](/KeyFile/5.md), [**KeyFileExt**(5)](/KeyFileExt/5.md), [**UserList**(5)](/UserList/5.md), [**bos**(8)](/bos/8.md), [**bos\_create**(8)](/bos_create/8.md), [**bos\_start**(8)](/bos_start/8.md), [**bos\_status**(8)](/bos_status/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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