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Date:      Mon, 24 May 2010 11:20:52 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Mikkel Skaerris <skaerris@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Zpool scrub and not-root users
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Hi--

On May 24, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Mikkel Skaerris wrote:
> Im wondering if there is a way of allowing non-root users to perform a disk
> scrub using zpool scrub <pool>. I've been messing around with permissions,
> but no luck so far. Anyone got a clue?

You can use the security/sudo port to allow non-root users to run specific commands.

I'd imagine that running zpool scrub as root once a week via cron at some quiet time around Sat or Sun midnight would be a better idea then letting arbitrary users run this anytime...

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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