[OpenAFS] Proposed changes for server log rotation

Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR) chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:28:43 -0500


In message <AANLkTikdCjrjOUFpPAsNUbB_+2tLOs2z_27afEc9k2Je@mail.gmail.com>,Derrick Brashear writes:
>you can, of course, bos getlog a syslog file. for that matter, if you
>strip the niceties that

you cant getlog my syslog when it is on another machine.

>bos getlog prepends, you can bos getlog an executable, a compressed
>file, pretty
>much whatever you want, and then act on it locally.
>
>i have in a pinch used bos install, bos getlog and bos exec to recover
>an unhappy machine
>that i could not log into.

great.  afs is a backdoor.  you shouldnt mention this too loudly.