Bug#907736: smartmontools: smartd starts on every boot, ignoring /etc/default/smartmontools

2018-09-08 Thread Christian Franke
The file /etc/default/smartmontools has no effect if systemd is used. Simply disable the service with: # systemctl disable smartd

Bug#907736: smartmontools: smartd starts on every boot, ignoring /etc/default/smartmontools

2018-09-07 Thread Bob Bib
Workaround: you can comment out all uncommented lines in '/etc/smartd.conf', and smartd will exit after starting, without even touching any drives. --- syslog --- Sep 7 12:34:56 Computer1 systemd[1]: Started Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon. Sep 7 12:34:56 Computer1 sma

Bug#907736: smartmontools: smartd starts on every boot, ignoring /etc/default/smartmontools

2018-08-31 Thread Bob Bib
Package: smartmontools Version: 6.5+svn4324-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, on my system, smartd starts on every boot, no matter what I put into "/etc/default/smartmontools", commenting the relevant parameter out: #start_smartd=yes or explicitly assigning a "no" value to it: start_smartd=