From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: prompt for user verification for "-S"
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:38:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150620013818.GC29480@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1432334588-18387-1-git-send-email-adilger@dilger.ca>
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 04:43:08PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Prompt for user verification before rewriting the filesystem
> superblocks using the "-S" (super-only) option. This should
> not normally be used at all, so adding the extra verification
> will probably save a few user filesystems in the future. Since
> this is something that should only be done in rare cases under
> user supervision, wait for user input rather than proceeding
> automatically after a timeout.
>
> Update the mke2fs man page to more fully explain the many
> dangers of this option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Applied, thanks.
- Ted
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2015-05-22 22:43 [PATCH] mke2fs: prompt for user verification for "-S" Andreas Dilger
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