[PATCH v3] kdumpctl: Add man page for kdumpctl
Dave Young
dyoung at redhat.com
Wed Aug 19 03:43:25 UTC 2015
On 08/18/15 at 12:59pm, Dangyi Liu wrote:
> kdumpctl is useful sometimes when users want to debug or setup ssh key
> authentication. So add a man page for it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dangyi Liu <dliu at redhat.com>
> ---
> v2->v3:
> Trivial grammar fix
>
> v1->v2:
> Suggestion to use systemctl instead of kdumpctl
> Add mkdumprd to "SEE ALSO"
>
> kdumpctl.8 | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kexec-tools.spec | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 kdumpctl.8
>
> diff --git a/kdumpctl.8 b/kdumpctl.8
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b446b81
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kdumpctl.8
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +.TH KDUMPCTL 8 2015-07-13 kexec-tools
> +
> +.SH NAME
> +kdumpctl \- control interface for kdump
> +
> +.SH SYNOPSIS
> +.B kdumpctl
> +.I COMMAND
> +
> +.SH DESCRIPTION
> +.B kdumpctl
> +is used to check or control the kdump service.
> +In most cases, you should use
> +.B systemctl
> +to start / stop / enable kdump service instead. However,
> +.B kdumpctl
> +provides more details for debug and a helper to setup ssh key authentication.
> +
> +.SH COMMANDS
> +.TP
> +.I start
> +Start the service.
> +.TP
> +.I stop
> +Stop the service.
> +.TP
> +.I status
> +Prints the current status of kdump service.
> +It returns non-zero value if kdump is not operational.
> +.TP
> +.I restart
> +Is equal to
> +.I start; stop
> +.TP
> +.I propagate
> +Helps to setup key authentication for ssh storage since it's
> +impossible to use password authentication during kdump.
> +
> +.SH "SEE ALSO"
> +.BR kdump.conf (5),
> +.BR mkdumprd (8)
> diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
> index a2e39f8..5b99c83 100644
> --- a/kexec-tools.spec
> +++ b/kexec-tools.spec
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Source22: kdump-dep-generator.sh
> Source23: kdump-anaconda-addon-005-12-g60fa4c1.tar.gz
> Source24: kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
> Source25: kdump.sysconfig.ppc64le
> +Source26: kdumpctl.8
>
> #######################################
> # These are sources for mkdumpramfs
> @@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ install -m 755 %{SOURCE7} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin/mkdumprd
> install -m 644 %{SOURCE8} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kdump.conf
> install -m 644 kexec/kexec.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man8/kexec.8
> install -m 644 %{SOURCE12} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man8/mkdumprd.8
> +install -m 644 %{SOURCE26} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man8/kdumpctl.8
> install -m 755 %{SOURCE20} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/kdump/kdump-lib.sh
> install -m 755 %{SOURCE24} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/kdump/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
> %ifnarch s390x
> --
> 2.4.3
>
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ACK
Thanks
Dave
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