From 2ecca03b222f49da0b5f22267fb430ec8c13733a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: millert Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 03:58:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that newfs now contains fsirand(8) functionality. --- sbin/fsirand/fsirand.8 | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/fsirand/fsirand.8 b/sbin/fsirand/fsirand.8 index cc8b7257b7a..94a02e36c07 100644 --- a/sbin/fsirand/fsirand.8 +++ b/sbin/fsirand/fsirand.8 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF .\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: fsirand.8,v 1.5 1997/02/09 01:10:16 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fsirand.8,v 1.6 1997/02/23 03:58:26 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd January 25, 1997 .Dt FSIRAND 8 @@ -49,7 +49,17 @@ each filesystem specified on the command line by .Ar special . This increases the security of NFS-exported filesystems by making it difficult to ``guess'' filehandles. - +.Pp +.Em Note: +.Xr newfs 8 +now does the equivalent of +.Nm +itself so it is no longer necesary to +run +.Nm +by hand on a new filesystem. It is only used to +re-randomize or report on an existing filesystem. +.Pp .Nm Fsirand should only be used on an unmounted filesystem that has been checked with @@ -73,6 +83,12 @@ is not marked as clean. .It Fl p Print the current generation numbers for all inodes instead of generating new ones. +.Sh CAVEATS +Since +.Nm +allocates enough memory to hold all the inodes in +a given cylinder group it is may use a large amount +of memory for large disks with few cylinder groups. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fs 5 , .Xr fsck 8 , @@ -85,7 +101,8 @@ command appeared in SunOS 3.x. This version of .Nm first appeared in -.Bx Open . +.Bx Open +2.1. .Sh AUTHOR .nf Todd C. Miller -- 2.20.1