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DESCRIPTION
       e2fsck.conf  is  the configuration file for e2fsck(8).  It controls the
       default behavior of  e2fsck(8)  while  it  is  checking  ext2  or  ext3
       filesystems.

       The  e2fsck.conf  file uses an INI-style format.  Stanzas, or top-level
       sections, are delimited by square braces: [ ].   Within  each  section,
       each  line  defines  a  relation, which assigns tags to values, or to a
       subsection, which contains further relations or subsections.  An  exam‐
       ple  of  the  INI-style  format used by this configuration file follows
       below:

            [section1]
                 tag1 = value_a
                 tag1 = value_b
                 tag2 = value_c

            [section 2]
                 tag3 = {
                      subtag1 = subtag_value_a
                      subtag1 = subtag_value_b
                      subtag2 = subtag_value_c
                 }
                 tag1 = value_d
                 tag2 = value_e
            }

       Comments are delimited by a semicolon (’;’) or a hash  (’#’)  character
       at  the beginning of the comment, and are terminated by the end of line
       character.

       Tags and values must be quoted using  double  quotes  if  they  contain
       spaces.  Within a quoted string, the standard backslash interpretations
       apply: "\n" (for the newline character), "\t" (for the tab  character),
       "\b" (for the backspace character), and "\\" (for the backslash charac‐
       ter).

       The following stanzas are used in the e2fsck.conf file.  They  will  be
       described in more detail in future sections of this document.

       [options]
              This   stanza  contains  general  configuration  parameters  for
              e2fsck’s behavior.  [problems] This stanza allows  the  adminis‐
              trator  to  reconfigure  how  e2fsck  handles various filesystem
              inconsistencies.

THE [options] STANZA
       The following relations are defined in the [options] stanza.

       allow_cancellation
              If this relation is set to a boolean value of true, then if  the
              user  interrupts  e2fsck  using  ^C,  and  the filesystem is not

       treatment of that particular problem code.

       Note that inappropriate settings in this stanza  may  cause  e2fsck  to
       behave  incorrectly,  or even crash.  Most system administrators should
       not be making changes to this section without referring to source code.

       Within each problem code’s subsection, the following tags may be used:

       description
              This  relation  allows  the  message  which is printed when this
              filesystem inconsistency is detected to be overridden.

       preen_ok
              This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
              whether  this  filesystem  problem should be automatically fixed
              when e2fsck is running in preen mode.

       no_ok  This boolean relation overrides the default behavior determining
              whether  or not the filesystem will be marked as inconsistent if
              the user declines to fix the reported problem.

       no_default
              This boolean relation overrides whether the default  answer  for
              this problem (or question) should be "no".

       preen_nomessage
              This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
              whether or not  the  description  for  this  filesystem  problem
              should be suppressed when e2fsck is running in preen mode.

       no_nomsg
              This boolean relation overrides the default behavior controlling
              whether or not  the  description  for  this  filesystem  problem
              should be suppressed when e2fsck is run with the -n option.

EXAMPLES
       The  following recipe will prevent e2fsck from aborting during the boot
       process when a filesystem contains orphaned files.  (Of course, this is
       not  always  a  good idea, since critical files that are needed for the
       security of the system could potentially  end  up  in  lost+found,  and
       starting  the  system without first having a system administrator check
       things out may be dangerous.)

            [problems]
                 0x040002 = {
                      preen_ok = true
                      description = "@u @i %i.  "
                 }

FILES
       /etc/e2fsck.conf
              The configuration file for e2fsck(8).
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