FS_SETVERIFY(1)

💖 FS_SETVERIFY(1) — the fs setverify page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the AFS Command Reference ✨ this one is short, it's sweet, and it's Windows only, so if you're on literally anything else, this is not your moment 😭

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fs_setverify — turns data verification on or off for AFS store data operations. [Windows only] periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fs setverify [-verify] <on/off> [-help]

there are literally only four ways to say this, and we will get to all of them, don't worry 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so fs setverify sets the status of data verification for store data operations in the AFS client. the way this works: when it's enabled, every single store data operation gets followed by a matching fetch data request, and if the data doesn't match, the operation gets repeated. it's giving "trust but verify" but make it filesystem 🦋

the complement of this command is fs getverify, which shows you the status of data verification in the client. they're a matching set, yin and yang, iconic duo honestly 👑

the default data verification status is disabled. ngl, off by default.

also important: this is a global setting and it applies to all subsequent connections to an AFS File Server from this Cache Manager. there is no way to enable or disable verification for specific connections. it's all of them or none of them, no in-between, main character energy only 💀

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⚠️ CAUTIONS ⚠️

the fs setverify command is only available on Microsoft Windows. there is no equivalent for other platforms. like, none. don't go looking. 😭

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -verify <on/off> — this is the only option to fs setverify, bestie. it takes either "on" or "off". "on" enables data verification. "off" disables data verification. and since this is the only option, the -verify flag may be omitted entirely. slay, less typing 💅

also, heads up: 0 and 1 or "true" and "false" are not supported as replacements for "on" and "off". the command does not want your boolean nonsense, it wants the words 🍓

• -help — prints the online help for this command. all other valid options are ignored. it's the "I just have a question" option 🙈

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📭 OUTPUT 📭

this command produces no output other than error messages. silence. the absence of noise. if it worked, you'll hear nothing, which is lowkey terrifying but that's just how it is ✨

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

there are only four ways to invoke fs setverify. either of:

% fs setverify -verify on
% fs setverify on

will enable data verification, and:

% fs setverify -verify off
% fs setverify off

will disable data verification. that's the whole menu, four items, no secret fifth one, no cap 🔥

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👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

the issuer must be logged in as the local superuser root. yes, root. like that root. the big one. 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

fs_getverify(1)

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@your-file-system.com>

This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the doc/LICENSE file. This man page was written by Jeffrey Altman for OpenAFS.

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and that's the whole thing, bestie 🫶 this page came from OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, and if your platform isn't Windows, sorry, this one was never for you 😭💖 go read fs_getverify(1) instead, mwah 💋