Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:51:27 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <dpk@nwserv.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: quotacheck on a live filesystem; safe? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008150850410.77341-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com>
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Hi, I haven't had any confirmation of this message from -questions or -hackers, I was wondering if anyone here had any insights? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:15:17 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: quotacheck on a live filesystem; safe? Hi, I've been reading over source for quotacheck and ufs_quota.c and so far I have not found a reason why running quotacheck on a live filesystem would cause anything but inconsistencies in the quota.user file. Is this an incorrect belief? >From what I understand: the quota.user file is used as a storage for quota information between boots and by the various userland quota reporting utilities. The kernel maintains an idea of the quota in memory, and commits it to disk when necessary. If this is correct, then I could expect, at worst, someone's quota to be invalid if the machine crashes while quotacheck is running and their files are being modified? Thanks, David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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