On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:00:36PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 12:32:51PM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > > is there any connection to fsck not be able to run when > > > I am at security level 3 under 5.2.1? > > > > > > That seems odd, but sure seems to be the case. > > > > That sounds very likely. I would imagine that fsck needs write access > > to the raw disks in order to do its job, but such access is not allowed > > under securelevel 2 and above. > > fsck is normally run very early in the boot-sequence - before the > > securelevel is raised - so in normal operation that would not be any > > major problem. > > What about 5's background fsck? Is that set up so it's able to run after > the securelevel has been raised? Background fsck seems to wait a minute or > so for the machine to boot before it starts.
I don't run 5.x so I don't know for sure, but it certainly sounds like background fsck does not work well together with a securelevel 2 or above. So if you want to run at a high securelevel you can't use background fsck. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
