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33.Dd January 25, 1997
34.Dt FSIRAND 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm fsirand
38.Nd randomize inode generation numbers
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl b
42.Op Fl f
43.Op Fl p
44.Ar special
45.Op Ar "special ..."
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility installs random generation numbers on all the inodes for
50each file system specified on the command line by
51.Ar special .
52This increases the security of NFS-exported file systems by making
53it difficult to ``guess'' filehandles.
54.Pp
55.Em Note :
56.Xr newfs 8
57now does the equivalent of
58.Nm
59itself so it is no longer necessary to
60run
61.Nm
62by hand on a new file system.  It is only used to
63re-randomize or report on an existing file system.
64.Pp
65The
66.Nm
67utility should only be used on an unmounted file system that
68has been checked with
69.Xr fsck 8
70or a file system that is mounted read-only.
71The
72.Nm
73utility may be used on the root file system in single-user mode
74but the system should be rebooted via ``reboot -n'' afterwards.
75.Sh OPTIONS
76The available options are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width indent
78.It Fl b
79Use the default block size (usually 512 bytes) instead
80of the value gleaned from the disklabel.
81.It Fl f
82Force
83.Nm
84to run even if the file system on
85.Ar special
86is not marked as clean.
87.It Fl p
88Print the current generation numbers for all inodes instead of
89generating new ones.
90.El
91.Sh CAVEATS
92Since
93.Nm
94allocates enough memory to hold all the inodes in
95a given cylinder group it may use a large amount
96of memory for large disks with few cylinder groups.
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr fs 5 ,
99.Xr fsck 8 ,
100.Xr newfs 8
101.Sh HISTORY
102The
103.Nm
104utility appeared in SunOS 3.x.
105.Pp
106This version of
107.Nm
108first appeared in
109.Ox 2.1 .
110.Pp
111A
112.Fx
113version first appeared in
114.Fx 2.2.5 .
115.Sh AUTHORS
116.An Todd C. Miller Aq Todd.Miller@courtesan.com
117