AFS Quick Reference

Summary of the most often used AFS commands.

Getting help
File server information
Quota commands
Protecting files and directories
Protection group information
Protection group creation & modifications
AFS tokens

Getting help
% fs help % pts help	Show all the fs or pts commands.
% fs help command % pts help command	Show syntax for fs or pts command.
File server information
% fs whereis filename/dirname	Show the file server hosting a specific file or directory.
% fs checkservers	Check the status of the file servers.
Quota commands
% fs listquota	Show quota information.
% fs quota	Show quota used.
Protecting files and directories
% fs listacl filename/dirname	Show a directory's ACL (access control list).
% fs setacl dirname user/groupname permissions	Set a directory's ACL. Permissions Shorthand r = read read = rl l = lookup write = rlidwk i = insert all = rlidwka d = delete none = removes entry w = write k = lock a = administer
% fs copyacl olddirname newdirname	Copy a directory's ACL to another.
Protection group information
% pts membership groupname	Show the members of a group.
% pts membership username	Show the groups a user belongs to.
% pts listowned username % pts listowned groupname	Show the groups a user or group owns.
% pts examine groupname	Show information about a group.
Protection group creation & modification
% pts creategroup username:groupname	Create a new user-owned group.
% pts adduser username groupname	Add a user to an existing group.
% pts removeuser username groupname	Remove a user from and existing group.
% pts delete groupname	Delete an existing group.
% pts rename oldgroupname newgroupname	Give an existing group a new name.
AFS tokens
% kinit	Get new Kerberos ticket.
% aklog	Get new AFS token once you have a Kerberos ticket.
% unlog	Destroy your AFS tokens.
% tokens	Show current tokens.