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wirelessben
Asked: 2020-06-17 14:30:13 +0800 CST

Why /bin/true in modprobe.conf

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install hfs /bin/true

in /etc/modprobe.d/hfs.conf supposedly disables hfs

Why? Seems backwards.

linux modprobe

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  1. Best Answer

    According to the modprobe.d(5) man page:

    install modulename command...

    This is the most powerful primitive: it tells modprobe to run your command instead of inserting the module in the kernel as normal.

    So you are basically saying the kernel "Hey, if you ever want to insert the hfs module, just run /bin/true instead of the command you would have run. It will insert and configure the module, honest."

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