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BOS_SETAUTH(8)		     AFS Command Reference		BOS_SETAUTH(8)

NAME
       bos_setauth - Sets authorization checking requirements for all server
       processes

SYNOPSIS
       bos setauth -server <machine name> -authrequired (on | off)
	   [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-help]

       bos seta -s <machine name> -a (on | off)
	   [-c <cell name>] [-n] [-l] [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The bos setauth command enables or disables authorization checking on
       the server machine named by the -server argument. When authorization
       checking is enabled (the normal case), the AFS server processes running
       on the machine verify that the issuer of a command meets its privilege
       requirements. When authorization checking is disabled, server processes
       perform any action for anyone, including the unprivileged user
       "anonymous"; this security exposure precludes disabling of
       authorization checking except during installation or emergencies.

       To indicate to the server processes that authorization checking is
       disabled, the BOS Server creates the zero-length file
       /usr/afs/local/NoAuth on its local disk. All AFS server processes
       constantly monitor for the NoAuth file's presence and do not check for
       authorization when it is present. The BOS Server removes the file when
       this command is used to re-enable authorization checking.

CAUTIONS
       Do not create the NoAuth file directly, except when directed by
       instructions for dealing with emergencies (doing so requires being
       logged in as the local superuser "root"). Use this command instead.

OPTIONS
       -server <machine name>
	   Indicates the server machine on which to enable or disable
	   authorization checking. Identify the machine by IP address or its
	   host name (either fully-qualified or abbreviated unambiguously).
	   For details, see bos(8).

       -authrequired (on | off)
	   Enables authorization checking if the value is "on", or disables it
	   if the value is "off".

       -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).

       -noauth
	   Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. Do not
	   combine this flag with the -localauth flag. For more details, see
	   bos(8).

       -localauth
	   Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
	   /usr/afs/etc/KeyFile 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).

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

EXAMPLES
       The following example disables authorization checking on the machine
       "fs7.abc.com":

	  % bos setauth -server fs7.abc.com -authrequired off

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       The issuer must be listed in the /usr/afs/etc/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
       KeyFile(5), NoAuth(5), UserList(5), bos(8), bos_restart(8)

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

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.
       It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams
       and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS				  2013-10-09			BOS_SETAUTH(8)
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