Zpool scrub and not-root users

Vrachnis Ilias-Dimitrios vrachil at gmail.com
Mon May 24 18:49:52 UTC 2010


On 05/24/2010 06:00 PM, Mikkel Skaerris wrote:
> Hello everyone
> 
> Im wondering if there is a way of allowing non-root users to perform a disk
> scrub using zpool scrub <pool>. I've been messing around with permissions,
> but no luck so far. Anyone got a clue?
> 
> Skaerris

i'm not sure, but my guess is that there isn't.
scrubbing a pool can put a stress to your system. Especially if there is
resilvering to be done.
So even if there is a way, I'd suggest against it as a security measure.

just my .02$


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