12-13-2007
Do you mean you've chown'ed this new filesystem to the user?
If you want to allow them to fsck the volume, it'd suggest using sudo so they can mount, unmount and fsck the relevant device/mount point.
It's a little wierd needing to give user's this power though, if you turn on logging on the filesystem, you shouldn't need to run fsck ever really.
Edit:
Another option would be to write a setuid shell script that does the unmount, fsck and mount again for them. Set it to be owned by root, executable by users in a particular group (but not world) and add the user to that group. You'll have to be jolly careful with the script though - setuid root is always dangerous if you are not very thorough doing your taint checking
Last edited by Smiling Dragon; 12-13-2007 at 07:26 PM..
Reason: Another idea
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systemd-fsck
SYSTEMD-FSCK@.SERVICE(8) systemd-fsck@.service SYSTEMD-FSCK@.SERVICE(8)
NAME
systemd-fsck@.service, systemd-fsck-root.service, systemd-fsck - File system checker logic
SYNOPSIS
systemd-fsck@.service
systemd-fsck-root.service
/lib/systemd/systemd-fsck
DESCRIPTION
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for root is performed before the other file systems. Other file systems may be checked in parallel, except when they are on the same
rotating disk.
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mounts, unclean unmount, etc.
If a file system check fails for a service without nofail, emergency mode is activated, by isolating to emergency.target.
KERNEL COMMAND LINE
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fsck.mode=
One of "auto", "force", "skip". Controls the mode of operation. The default is "auto", and ensures that file system checks are done
when the file system checker deems them necessary. "force" unconditionally results in full file system checks. "skip" skips any file
system checks.
fsck.repair=
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safely fixed. "yes" will answer yes to all questions by fsck and "no" will answer no to all questions.
SEE ALSO
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