Alexander Dalloz wrote:
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
Thanks for the correction. I'm wondering then what mechanism is used
when the -F parameter is used with shutdown.
James McKenzie
