FS_MONITOR(1)

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💖 FS_MONITOR 💖

okay so we're deep in the AFS Command Reference section of the manual pages, and today's main character is fs_monitor(1). she's a lil hidden gem, lowkey mysterious, and yes bestie we are going to get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

fs_monitor — turn on client logging to a remote monitoring station 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fs monitor [-server <hostname/IP address or 'off'>] [-help]

fs mariner [-server <hostname/IP address or 'off'>] [-help]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So. The fs monitor command — which also answers to the nickname mariner (iconic, honestly, two names, one queen) — sets the cache monitor host address, or turns it all the way off. That's it. That's the whole job. 🌸

Like, you're telling your client "hey, here's where you send the monitoring tea" — or "actually, girl, stop sending it." Simple.

⚠️ CAUTIONS ⚠️

okay stop, read this one, fr fr 😭

This command is hidden, because the remote monitoring component it literally needs — venusmon — is not part of OpenAFS. This system is not currently distributed or supported.

So like… it's giving abandoned queen energy. She exists, she's in the manual, but she's not shipping anywhere. Respect her, don't count on her. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -server <hostname/IP address or 'off'> — the name (or address) of the venusmon host that all the monitoring info should get sent to. Set the server to off and monitoring goes bye-bye. 🔥
  • -help — prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored when you do this, so don't try to be cute and combo it. 🙈

👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

The issuer must be super-user on the local machine. So like, root energy only. No pedestrian accounts allowed past this velvet rope, bestie. 💜

Copyright 2009 Steven Jenkins <steven@endpoint.com>

This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the doc/LICENSE file. This man page was written by Steven Jenkins for OpenAFS. 🫶

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie! this page came to you from the OpenAFS girlies, dated 2026-07-27. mwah, go be a super-user responsibly 💖✨🎀

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