From: Mgr. P. T. <tuh...@mi...> - 2006-11-29 08:55:59
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Hallo, guys I'd like to ask a question. It may seem silly, however the manpage is unclear in the case, and should be extended I think. -M test directive should send a test mail upon smartd start in order to test the delivery of messages. However, the -M directive in general is intended to "change the behaviour of -m" So the unclear area: Does the -M test signalise smartd to send ONLY the test email on startup, and stop other mail communication then? Or the other mail communication continues as before and the test message is just ON THE TOP of that, as an addition? I'd assume the second choice, but don't want to risk my production servers. So please, could You answer me? Then, please, extend the manpage with the info (such as "this causes other email communication of smartd to stop" or "other mail communication of smartd is not affected"). And possibly extend the FAQ page too. Thank You very much for the smartmontools Peter |
From: Bruce A. <ba...@gr...> - 2006-11-30 03:56:58
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> Hallo, guys > > > I'd like to ask a question. It may seem silly, however the manpage is > unclear in the case, and should be extended I think. > > -M test directive should send a test mail upon smartd start in order to > test the delivery of messages. However, the -M directive in general is > intended to "change the behaviour of -m" > > So the unclear area: > Does the -M test signalise smartd to send ONLY the test email on > startup, and stop other mail communication then? > > Or the other mail communication continues as before and the test message > is just ON THE TOP of that, as an addition? > > I'd assume the second choice, but don't want to risk my production > servers. So please, could You answer me? Your assumption is correct: -M test sends BOTH a test email AND any further warning emails if problems are detected. I'll clarify this in the man page. > Thank You very much for the smartmontools Peter You're very welcome. Thanks for trusting our software on your production servers! Cheers, Bruce |