Re: [smartmontools-support] '#start_smartd=yes' in /etc/default/smartmontools is ignored

[L.A. W. <sma...@tl...>]

Nick Rose wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use smartctl to manually check external hard drives occasionally. I 
> don't need or want the smartd service to be running at all.
>
> In the file /etc/default/smartmontools it says to start smartd 
> automatically, uncomment the line 'start_smartd=yes'. It is already 
> commented out, which is what I want, so it shouldn't start 
> automatically but it still does.
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    Usually, the comments show the "default" action in many config files.
I can't say for certain in this particular case, but you might try
'start_smartd=no' (without quotes and no '#' in front) either
before or after the existing comment line (you should be able
to leave the original line, as it *should* be a comment.  :-)

Could be that the default was changed on your distro but the
comment line in your config file wasn't updated... (?)  Just
a guess from what you've written.  Good luck!