I also think this is a bug because I would like to be able to do SMART queries from the command line without installing an MTA.
Some people are wondering why this is a relevant thing for anyone to want to do. One new reason, which is what motivates me, is that a friend and I are interested in using SMART data for a security application, to warn users if their machine/disk was turned on by anyone in between successful Ubuntu boots (with successful LUKS/dm-crypt mounts). This is akin to the old "3 unsuccessful login attempts since last warning" messages, except this would be something like "Machine was powered on 3 times since last successful boot". This requires a convenient way to do SMART reads, but if our idea pans out and is eventually packaged, it would get some kind of interface in gdm or even earlier, and not rely on e-mail, so it would be desirable to avoid bringing in the dependency on an MTA. As an alternative, is there something packaged in Ubuntu other than smartmontools -- say, a library -- that provides a clean programmatic way to read SMART data that other applications can depend on? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158909 Title: smartmontools recommends mailx -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
