1 .TH MOIRAD 8 "30 Nov 1988" "Project Athena"
4 moirad, startmoira \- Moira query daemon
11 must be running on the machine hosting the Moira database for any of the
12 Moira clients to function. Rather than invoke
14 directly, it is started by
16 which starts the daemon running in the proper working directory and
17 captures logging messages.
19 Logging is done to standard output.
20 If critical errors are detected, they are logged to
21 .B /moira/critical.log
22 and in a zephyrgram to class
26 in addition to standard output.
27 Also, a journal file is kept in
29 logging every successful change of the database in a format that can
32 For the server to be able to function properly, it must be run as root
33 and root must have access to the tables in the DBMS.
35 It is possible to shut down the database side of the server when it is
36 necessary to lock out clients. In this state the server will only
37 respond to noop and motd requests. When the file
39 exists, the server will close the database the next time there are no
40 clients using it. To force the server to close down the database as
41 soon as any active operation is finished, send it a USR1 signal. The
42 first time a new client connects after the
44 file is removed, the database will be re-opened. To force an
45 immediate reopening, send the server a USR2 signal. The contents of
48 file are returned as the Moira motd.
51 sets its working directory to /, disconnects from the terminal
52 and puts itself in the background. It then starts
54 and will capture lines the server writes to standard output and log them
57 along with a timestamp.
59 will also log the exit status of the
71 /etc/athena/srvtab \- The server must be able to get Kerberos tickets for
74 The Project Athena Technical Plan section on Moira.