Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:22:32 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more on fsck with securelevel Message-ID: <20040604222232.GB25234@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.2.20040604170255.00bf3b38@cheyenne.wixb.com> References: <6.1.1.1.2.20040604170255.00bf3b38@cheyenne.wixb.com>
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--eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 05:05:34PM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > I did set this in /etc/rc.conf: > fsck_y_enable=3D"YES" >=20 > But I was wondering if this might be a good idea too: > (looking at the defaults) >=20 > fsck_y_enable=3D"NO" # Set to YES to do fsck -y if the initial preen= =20 > fails. > background_fsck=3D"YES" # Attempt to run fsck in the background where= =20 > possible. > background_fsck_delay=3D"60" # Time to wait (seconds) before starting the= =20 > fsck. >=20 > ..might it not be prudent to set 'background_fsck=3D"NO"' when running in= =20 > secure mode? >=20 > Eventhough I shut down carefully, sometimes it still feels the need to ru= n=20 > fsck (even with soft updates)...but when running securelevel, is it=20 > actually going to accomplish anything? I think just setting background_fsck_delay=3D0 may allow bgfsck to work. Once fsck has opened the FS, I think it should keep it open and writes should work. I'm not 100% sure of that though. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAwPYnXY6L6fI4GtQRAt16AKC5TTVlz+oklnD4Mk2YIKe5b2T4wgCgsuZY Nf08dEIFqZfEwTlI/y/uwjI= =WFkV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz--
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