/.autofsck ??

[James McKenzie]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Sa, den 13.11.2004 schrieb James McKenzie um 16:36:
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>>>After having upgraded to FC3 I am finding /.autofs files on all FC3
>>>machines, I haven't notice with earlier versions of RH/FC.
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>>>What is generating them?
>>>What are they used for?
>>>How to get rid of them?
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>>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.
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>>James McKenzie
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>This is not true the way you describe it.
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>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.
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>Alexander
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Thanks for the correction.  I'm wondering then what mechanism is used 
when the -F parameter is used with shutdown.

James McKenzie