Package: autofs Version: 4.1.4+debian-2 Severity: normal Although checking an ext3 file system is
1) by default off: ,----[ mount(8) ]--- | | Mount options for ext2 | check=none / nocheck | No checking is done at mount time. This is the default. [...] | Mount options for ext3 | The `ext3' file system is a version of the ext2 file system which has | been enhanced with journalling. It supports the same options as ext2 [...] | `---- and 2) explicitly forbidden: ,----[ /etc/auto.backup ]--- | | 0 -fstype=ext3,nocheck,check=none,errors=remount-ro :/dev/mapper/vg01-lvbackup0 | `---- (invoke-rc.d autofs reload and even restart afterwards) autofs happily checks the file system: ,----[ ps axf ]--- | | 372 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/automount --pid-file=/var/run/autofs/_backup.pid --timeout=1 /backup file /etc/auto.backup | 373 ? D 0:13 \_ /sbin/fsck.ext3 -p /dev/mapper/vg01-lvbackup0 | `---- At least it announces it via syslog, hooray: ,----[ /var/log/messages ]--- | | Oct 16 09:36:35 pc11 automount[5311]: >> /dev/mapper/vg01-lvbackup0: clean, 626072/30523392 files, 32951600/61031424 blocks (check in 5 mounts) | [...] | Oct 16 09:39:24 pc11 automount[7015]: >> /dev/mapper/vg01-lvbackup0: clean, 626072/30523392 files, 32951600/61031424 blocks (check after next mount) | [...] | Oct 16 09:39:34 pc11 automount[7063]: >> /dev/mapper/vg01-lvbackup0 has been mounted 22 times without being checked, check forced. | `---- A tentative remedy is adjusting the maximal mount counts and check intervals using tune2fs, but this would affect all systems the external drive gets connected to, while the mount option "check=..." affects only the current system, so the unexpected and undocumented run of fsck should be prevented at first. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages autofs depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii ucf 3.003 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages autofs recommends: ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii nfs-common 1:1.1.1~git-20070929-1 NFS support files common to client -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
