Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:38:50 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dh=E9nin_Jean-Jacques?=" <dhenin@fnet.fr> To: valentin_nils@be-known-online.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passing options to Newfs in the FreeBSD installer Message-ID: <12437d830604021138k79eea297pac7a6ba0f461455e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060402170546.GA70608@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20060402162448.bgqmuf5k3t7osgsg@www.be-known-online.com> <20060402170546.GA70608@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Very nice answer. 2006/4/2, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>: > On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 04:24:48PM +0000, valentin_nils@be-known-online.c= om wrote: > > Hello FreeBSD Fans ;-), > > > > I have a probably simple question,which kept me busy for several days b= y now. > > I have a few years experience with Linux and would like to extend my kn= owledge > > now to the BSD*s. > > > > Hopefully my question is not too stupid so that somebody can point me i= nto the > > correct direction. Anyway here we go... > > > > During the FreeBSD installation I would like to pass parameters to the = programm > > which creates the filesystem *newfs if I understand that correctly. > > > > I would like to pass the following options: nosuid, noexec, userquota & > > groupquota to some partitions. > > > > Whatever I do - even when I want to pass only a single option - I get a= s a error > > message "Invalid argument" > > > > 1) Are the above options "nosuid, noexec, userquota, groupquota" valid = options > > to be passed to the installer programme newfs or do I have some misspel= ls here > > ? > > Those are not options that can be passed to newfs or used when creating t= he > filesystem. They are options for mount(8) and can be put in /etc/fstab t= o > be used when you are mounting the filesystem. (See the mount(8) and fstab= (5) > manpages.) > > > > > > 2) How would I separate several options in the installers input screen = after > > pressing "G", by komma (,) by semicolon (;) or just by space ( ) ? > > Assuming that you are still talking about options to newfs, you write the > options exactly as you would do on the command line. > (See the newfs(8) manpage for available options.) > > (If you do not have a FreeBSD system available with manpages installed, t= hey > can also be found at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi ) > > > > > I did search the mailing lists up and down and consulted my book from M= ichael > > Lucas and googled, but somehow I didnt find the answer. > > > > I would appreciate any replies. > > > > Best regards > > > > Nils Valentin > > http://www.be-known-online.com > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > -- jjd
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