netbsd man page for fsirand

FSIRAND(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						FSIRAND(8)

NAME
     fsirand -- install random inode generation numbers in a filesystem

SYNOPSIS
     fsirand [-F] [-p] [-x constant] special

DESCRIPTION
     fsirand writes random inode generation numbers for all the inodes on device special.  These random numbers make the NFS filehandles less pre-
     dictable, increasing security of exported filesystems.

     fsirand should be run on a clean and unmounted filesystem.

     The options are as follows:

     -F      Indicates that special is a file system image, rather than a device name.	special will be accessed 'as-is', without requiring that
	     it is a raw character device and without attempting to read a disklabel.

     -p      Print the current inode generation numbers; the filesystem is not modified.

     -x constant
	     Exclusive-or the given constant with the random number used in the generation process.

     fsirand exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.

     If fsirand receives a SIGINFO signal, statistics on the amount of work completed and estimated completion time (in minutes:seconds) will be
     written to the standard error output.

SEE ALSO
     fsck_ffs(8), newfs(8)

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								 November 16, 2001							       BSD