Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 12:32:34 -0400 From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.privatelabs.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [kris@obsecurity.org: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc] Message-ID: <20010514123233.A23290@netmonger.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010514093435.70573C-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from Robert Watson on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:41:06AM -0400 References: <200105132342.QAA21879@beastie.mckusick.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010514093435.70573C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:41:06AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > I.e., if you've accepted that soft updates is pretty correctly > implemented, and that your hardware is moderately correct, this scenario > is unlikely to occur, and if it does, you're up a creek anyway. One thing > that would be nice to see, feature-wise, is a: > > BACKGROUND_FSCK="NO" # enable/disable background fscking at boot > > style of entry in rc.conf, with a default of "YES" I think that's a good idea. I had the same thought this morning, envisioning a co-lo scenario where one might not want to accidentally go home while an fsck is still running. (I know, there are various reasons a problem like that is extremely unlikely, but a bit of paranoia is a good thing in sysadmins). A global option like that in a place that's frequently checked when configuring a machine seems sensible. -- Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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