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and subject line Done: ZM_TELEMETRY_DATA=no in /etc/zm/zm.conf not effective
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Package: zoneminder
Version: 1.30.0+dfsg-2
Per /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm, ZoneMinder has a
configuration variable ZM_TELEMETRY_DATA that can be set to "yes" (the
default) or "no" to respectively enable or disable automatic
transmission of usage information to the ZoneMinder upstream.
I don't care for opt-out "telemetry" of this sort, so I added
ZM_TELEMETRY_DATA=no to the /etc/zm/zm.conf file prior to starting
ZoneMinder for the first time. Unfortunately, when I started ZM, the log
file showed these entries:
2017-03-24 23:26:56.638730 zmtelemetry[1722].INF-zmtelemetry.pl [Sending
data to ZoneMinder Telemetry server.]
2017-03-24 23:26:56.880710 zmtelemetry[1722].INF-zmtelemetry.pl [Telemetry
data uploaded successfully.]
Frustrating, to say the least.
I have already added ZM_CSS_DEFAULT=flat to this file successfully, so
the syntax and variable name should be correct.
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TELEMETRY_DATA is a database option that can be changed only in
Options --> System --> TELEMETRY_DATA
using web interface.
I agree that some options do not belong to database but that's a historical
design decision/flaw. See the following upstream bug for insights into
similar problem:
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/issues/790
IMHO Paths should definitely be in "/etc/zm/zm.conf" (and upstream is already
improving that) but other options like "ZM_TELEMETRY_DATA" don't have to be
in the config file. Upstream may have different opinion about that.
Anyway there is little we can do about it here so I would recommend to
discuss the matter with upstream, in their bug tracker:
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/issues
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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