nws_hostadmin(1)

NAME

nws-hostadmin - helps to manage Network Weather Service hosts

SYNOPSIS

nws-hostadmin command [[-b path][-B path][-f path][-m path][-M path][-l login][-L login][-s switches][-S switches] host ...]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page explains the nws-hostadmin script. The nws-hostadmin script can assist you in the task of tracking NWS hosts. It is especially useful for keeping track of NWS hosts running on remote machines.

Here is a list of commands you can specify

add

adds the host to the NWS hosts data base (see below): no operation is performed on the host itself.

forget

removers the host from the NWS hosts data base (see below): no operation is performed on the hosts itself.

halt

send a HOST_DIE message to the host. The host will exit upon receipt.

kill

uses SIGKILL to stop the host: to be done only if hosts is unresposive to halt.

start

start specified services on the hosts (ie nameserver, sensor or memory).

test

dusplay the status of the host.

host has the format machine[:type[:port][,type[:port]..]] there type can be memory, nameserver or sensor.

OPTIONS

-b path: use the path to find the NWS binaries for the next host. Default path is $HOME/nws/bin.

-B path: search NWS binaries in path for all hosts specified. Deafault is $HOME/nws/bin.

-l username: use username as login name for the next host. Default is $USER.

-L username: use username as login name for all specified hosts. Default is $USER.

BUGS

Bugs list is at http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu. ⟨http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu⟩

AUTHOR

NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski ([email protected]) who came up with the original nws_memory.

Neil Spring, Jim Hayes ([email protected]) and Martin Swany maintained and enhanced it.

Graziano Obertelli ([email protected]) currently maintains NWS and wrote this man page.