Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 230)

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To view Apple file service status:
1 In Server Status, locate the name of the server you want to monitor in the Devices & Services
list and select AppleFile in the list of services under the server name.
If the services aren’t visible, click the arrow to the left of the server name.
2 Click the Overview tab to see whether the service is running and when it started, its
throughput and number of connections, and whether guest access and logging are enabled.
3 Click the Logs tab to see the access and error logs.
Use the Show pop-up menu to choose which log to view.
4 Click the Connections tab to see a list of the users currently connected to Apple file service.
The table includes the user name, type of connection, user’s IP address or domain name,
duration of connection, and the time since the last data transfer (idle time).
Buttons at the bottom of the pane let you send a message to a user and disconnect the user.
5 Click the Graphs tab to see graphs of connected users or throughput.
Use the pop-up menu to choose which graph to view. Adjust the time scale using the slider at
the bottom of the pane.
Viewing Apple File Service Logs
You use Server Status to view the error and access logs for Apple file service (if you have
enabled them). You can also save selected log entries in another file or folder.
To view logs:
1 In Server Status, locate the name of the server you want to monitor in the Devices & Services
list and select AppleFile in the list of services under the server name.
If the services aren’t visible, click the arrow to the left of the server name.
2 Click the Logs tab and use the Show pop-up menu to choose between the access and
error logs.
Stopping Apple File Service
To stop Apple file service:
1 In Server Settings, click the File & Print tab.
2 Click Apple and choose Stop Apple File Service.
3 Enter the length of time you want to wait before file service stops.
4 Type a message in the Additional Message field if you want to send a message to users in
addition to the default message when the service is stopped.
Important When you stop Apple file service, connected users may lose any information
they have not saved.