On 01/27/2012 12:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Johnny Hughes<johnny at centos.org> wrote: >> On 01/25/2012 10:46 AM, Steve Clark wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> We are running units in the field that are headless. Sometimes we get units returned >>> that we when we boot them up have some type of filesystem inconsistency that the default preen >>> doesn't fix but running fsck -y does. >>> >>> I want to eliminate the -p (preen option) and always do the -y option anyone know where >>> to make this change? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >> You can create a file called: >> >> /etc/sysconfig/autofsck >> >> inside there you need the following lines: >> >> AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes >> AUTOFSCK_OPT="-y" >> >> That should take away all options except "-f" and use the ones you put >> in AUTOFSCK_OPT. > Thanks! Is that something we should have found in the documentation? > I've always wondered why it wasn't the default. It is always painful > when headless/remote machines fail to boot because of this, and the > odds of anyone knowing more than fsck does about repairing a file > system are essentially zero. This is so true! I had this same argument back in the '90 with a NCR developer when their Towers did the same thing, and we using them as message switches in the public safety arena. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com