Am Sa, den 13.11.2004 schrieb James McKenzie um 16:36: > >After having upgraded to FC3 I am finding /.autofs files on all FC3 > >machines, I haven't notice with earlier versions of RH/FC. > > > >What is generating them? > >What are they used for? > >How to get rid of them? > The .autofsk file is used only if you send the shutdown -F command to > those machines. The file itself is 'harmless' and should not be deleted > if you plan on shutting down your systems to have a fsck performed on > startup automatically. The contents of the file is either the number 0 > or 1 (no or yes) and could be set by a custom built program, but this is > not recommended results cannot be guaranteed. > > James McKenzie This is not true the way you describe it. The /.autofsck file is created by the system automatically at boot time by the /etc/rc.sysinit script by simply touching the file. It has no content. The logic behind it is, that if the host went down not properly (i.e. power loss) the /etc/rc.sysinit script will find this .autofsck file at next boot time and the system can act with a default scenario or like configured within the file /etc/sysconfig/autofsck. If the hosts shuts down or reboots properly, then the .autofsck file will be erased by the /etc/init.d/halt script and no automatic filesystem check will happen next boot. I think this answers the 3 questions by Ralf. The file is generated by /etc/rc.sysinit, used by the system to know about no proper shutdowns and you should leave the file as it is. There is not any need to delete it. Btw. the /.autofsck file mechanism is used in all Fedora releases since FC1. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 18:34:54 up 24 days, 16:14, load average: 0.14, 0.15, 0.07
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