Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:26:19 -0500 From: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck on startup Message-ID: <20050526112619.3eddfc23@jacob.6texans.net> In-Reply-To: <20050526160420.GA39239@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050526072226.GA1141@savage.za.org> <1117096345.75630.1.camel@sirius.ramb.com.ua> <20050526160420.GA39239@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:04:20 -0700 Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:32:25AM +0300, Sergey S. Ropchan wrote: <snip> > > > is a co-located server in a remote datacenter which I > > > unfortunately can not get to as easily as I would want. > > > > > > Is there anyway to tell rc.conf or sysctl or anything else to get > > > bsd to not pause for the root password??? > > > > Yes, of course add folowing strings to your rc.conf: > > > > fsck_y_enable="YES" > > background_fsck="YES" > > With the warning that your system is asking for the root password > because it is finding *serious errors* in your filesystem, and if you > enable fsck -y then it may result in deletion of large chunks of your > filesystem to "repair" the damage. > > Instead you should be asking why you are getting these errors in the > first place. Do you have soft updates enabled? Should you invest in > a UPS to prevent the unclean shutdowns? If he needs a UPS at a Co-lo, it's time for a new Co-lo. Jacob
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