Sorry Guido, I just saw this. I suggest that you just make a custom
smartd.conf for Debian.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Guido Günther wrote:
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 08:44:19PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have an idea. Instead of adding or adjusting the commented out
examples in /etc/smartd.conf, which causes the user to have to deal
with:
Configuration file `/etc/smartd.conf'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Why not just keep all the comments on the man page, that way the user
would not need to repair the file upon upgrade.
I agree here. A smartd.conf like:
# The file gives a list of devices to monitor using smartd, with one
# device per line. Text after a hash (#) is ignored, and you may use
# spaces and tabs for white space. You may use '\' to continue lines.
# You can usually identify which hard disks are on your system by
# looking in /proc/ide and in /proc/scsi.
# The word DEVICESCAN will cause any remaining lines in this
# configuration file to be ignored: it tells smartd to scan for all
# ATA and SCSI devices.
DEVICESCAN -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
# For many more detailes examples please see:
# /usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examples/smartd.conf
would ease upgrades a lot.
-- Guido
