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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1c06a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +smartmontools for Debian +------------------------ + +Disabling the service +--------------------- + +By default smartmontools service is starting automatically. + +To disable the service + + on Systemd: + + sudo systemctl disable smartmontools.service + + on SysV: + + sudo update-rc.d smartmontools disable + + +update-smart-drivedb +-------------------- + +There were number of tickets discussing removal of "update-smart-drivedb" +utility (#894534, #824795, #804299, #85404). Maintainer's position is to +provide this utility. If admin (i.e. root) decides to service they system +then they can download drivedb manually using browser or a download +utility. Upstream provides "update-smart-drivedb" as a _glove_ to protect +admin from mistakes and since 7.0 script uses GPG to ensure integrity of +the downloaded database. Maintainer assumes that admins understand risks of +using "update-smart-drivedb" utility and that updating drivedb is better to +be done with this utility rather than without it. + +Maintainer advises to update drivedb _only when necessary_. + + +Notes +----- + +Don't use enable_smart for any disk monitored by smartd, this is likely to +cause problems, especially for SATA (see e.g. +http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365027). + +Package Maintainers and system administrators can put scripts to be run +when smartd detects an error into /etc/smartmontools/run.d. These +scripts will be run by smartd-runner using run-parts(8). The script will +receive the filename of the file containing the errormessage as first +parameter. See /etc/smartmontools/run.d/10mail for an example. + +Upstream recommends running short self tests every day and long self tests once +per week. + +Please read http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Warnings + + -- Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>, Wen, 03 May 2006 21:47:00 +0000 |