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From: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>
To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
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Subject: Re: enable/disable softupdates in rc init idea
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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:20:42AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:36:52 +0100
> > From: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> > 
> > 
> >     Hello to all,
> >     
> >     I'm looking for a solution to enable/disable softupdates without:
> >     
> >     	1. using single user mode
> >     	2. changing filesystem status, e.g.:
> >     
> >     		mount -ufo ro <filesystem>
> >         	tunefs -n enable <filesystem>
> >         	mount -ufo rw <filesystem>
> >     
> >     1. is problematic for those who don't have console access to 
> >     machine/server
> >     
> >     2. can result in several errors in filesystems like /var
> >     
> >     

    <snip>
    
    
> 
> OK. I'm a bit confused. Why do you need to be doing this? Turn on
> softupdates on the various file systems when you install the
> system. If it's already built, live with a single drop to single-user
> mode and turn softupdates on.
> 
> The softupdates attribute is non-volatile. Turn it on and it stays on
> until it's turned off.
>
    Hi,
    
    I'm talking about those who don't have console access and their system 
    was installed without softupdates on.
    
    Nuno
    
    
     
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
> 
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