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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:22:32 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
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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

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