did not find smartmontools script

[Martin Suc]

Hi,

I did not find forum so I put it here as a question. I have compiled and installed smartmontools from svn - version 5.43 2012-02-12 r3509.
But I did not find smartmontools script which was located in previous version in /etc/init.d/smartmontools directory. So I started it by:
sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/smartd restart

It seems to be working properly according to logs files. ... but I am not sure ... I did not find any word about start smartmontools script in INSTALL documentation ... .

Was this script removed or did I messed up something ?
(Previous version 5.41 has this script.)

Regards,
Martin

P.S. very nice software :-)

[Christian Franke]

The smartmontools-support mailing list is the right place to ask questions.

The default location of the init.d script was changed (r3356) such that all files are installed below /usr/local. If ./configure is run without parameters, the system's /etc should (IMO) not be touched. Try:

./configure --with-initscriptdir=/etc/init.d
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc

The latter command would put smartd.conf in /etc also.

To check the settings examine the ./configure output. This command could be used to install to some test directory:

make DESTDIR=/tmp/testing install

See INSTALL​ file for some further info.

Re:P.S. Thanks :-)

[Martin Suc]

Hi,

Thanks for quick response.

Actually I made some small changes in smartmontools script:
MARTCTL=/usr/local/sbin/smartctl
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/smartd

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I have another problem. I have following in smartd.conf:
/dev/sda -d sat -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03)
...
/dev/sdf -d sat -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03)

But I have hot-plug for hard disks , so sometimes it is going to change /dev/sdX "X-ing".
In such case my smartd failed to restart and I had to change smartd.conf manually again.

Is it possible to use some bash script somewhere to change smartd.conf automatically/dynamically ?

For example , if disk /dev/sdf is suddenly missing or changed from "-d sat" to "usb pen-drive" than I would like to comment out this: /dev/sdf -d sat -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03).

Would be nice to can run script which is checking the type of disk (sata,scsi,ide,usb) and make configuration in smartd.conf accordingly - if some disk is inserted or removed from computer.

Best Regards,
Martin

[Christian Franke]

There is no easy way to do this. Using "-d sat" or "-d usb..." may not be necessary if USB auto-detection is supported and USB ID the device is in drive database.

Hotplug support in general is an open issue.

Please use smartmontools-support mailing list for further discussions. It does not require subscription.

[Christian Franke]

The ./configure option --with-initscriptdir can be used to specify location of smartd initd script if the default is not suitable. See INSTALL file for details.

[Martin Suc]

OK.
Thank you for explanation and details.

(I am still not clear how is managed smartmontools script - if is/will be part of this software or where it comes from ? I could not find it in svn)

Best Regards,
Martin

[Christian Franke]

SVN and src tarball provide templates for initd scripts (smartd.initd.in​, smartd.freebsd.initd.in​) and a systemd service file (smartd.service.in​). The file to be installed is build by Makefile based on ./configure guesses and/or parameters.

Note that the smartmontools packages from various distributions provide their own customized scripts which may differ considerably. Ask the package maintainer for details.

[Martin Suc]

thank you.