In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0 indicate

In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0
indicates which options?

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In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0 indicates which options?..

Answer / gopi

(0) is used by dump (a backup utility) to decide if a
filesystem should be backed up. If zero then dump will
ignore that filesystem. The sixth field (0) is used by fsck
(the filesystem check utility) to determine the order in
which filesystems should be checked.
If zero then fsck won't check the filesystem.

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In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0 indicates which options?..

Answer / sudhir amin

4th column: Mount options >

Defaults Uses the default options that are rw, suid, dev,
exec, auto, nouser, and async.

< 5th and 6th columns: Dump and fsck options >

The 5th column in /etc/fstab is the dump option. Dump
checks it and uses the number to decide if a filesystem
should be backed up. If it's zero, dump will ignore that
filesystem. If you take a look at the example fstab, you'll
notice that the 5th column is zero in most cases.

The 6th column is a fsck option. fsck looks at the number
in the 6th column to determine in which order the
filesystems should be checked. If it's zero, fsck won't
check the filesystem.

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In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0 indicates which options?..

Answer / venkat

the meaning of defults is by default system will give 0 0 which is used to give full permission to the perticulat thing..

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In /etc/fstab, wat is the meaning of 'defaults' word and 0 0 indicates which options?..

Answer / rustum

it indicate that the partion is being used by system.

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