[OpenAFS-devel] Re: bos killed fileserver before it was shut down cleanly.

[Steve Simmons]

On Oct 13, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:

> --On Wednesday, October 13, 2010 05:32:30 PM -0400 Steve Simmons =
<scs@umich.edu> wrote:
>=20
>> IMHO the basic parameter for this belongs in BosConfig . . .
>=20
> The bosserver re_writes_ the BosConfig file on the fly.  The intent is =
that all changes are made by making RPC's to the bosserver.

And that rewrite is a problem for us. When the bosserver does it, our =
systems stop passing tripwire. We consider that failure to pass a good =
thing, because when our configuration changes, we kind of want to know =
that and capture it appropriately. Other folks' milage may vary.

>> ... suggestion elided ...
>=20
> Ugh.  No, we don't need a "bos put this text in the BosConfig file" =
command.  The BosConfig file is not intended to be edited by hand, and =
its format is an implementation detail.  That ugliness really doesn't =
need to be exposed to the user any more than it already is.

That may have been the original intent, just as original intent was that =
folks modify the rc scripts to change the startup parameters. Neither =
assumption reflects 2010. We need config files, things need to read =
them, tools need to re-read them, nobody but the sysadmin should be =
rewriting them. If it's not to be BosConfig, that's fine by me. But =
until somebody commits developing those more general config file, =
BosConfig is the obvious place.=