CentOS - Dec 2007 - smartd.conf get overridden

Yohoo!

I have some issues with the smartd in CentOS5/x64
I edited the /etc/smartd.conf for my needs and restarted the smartd with
"service smartd restart". But the start script is overriding my file.
I
checked it and saw the following lines:

---------------/etc/init.d/smartd------------
case "$1" in
    start | reload | restart)
GEN_CONF="*SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED*"
[ ! -f /etc/smartd.conf ] || read DUMMY GEN_CONF DUMMY </etc/smartd.conf \
&& [ "$GEN_CONF" == "*SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED*" ] \
&& smartd-conf.py 2>/dev/null >/etc/smartd.conf.new-autogenerated
\
&& mv -f /etc/smartd.conf.new-autogenerated /etc/smartd.conf
    ;;
esac
---------------/etc/init.d/smartd------------

So how can I prevent my file beeeing overriden without editing this script
(which will probably get lots the next update)?

------/etc/sysctl/smartmontools---------
# command line options for smartd
smartd_opts="-q never"
----------------------------------------

Any ideas?

Christian Volker

Technical Support Engineer
-- 
Parnell House, Barrack Square, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Ireland

t: + 353 21 466 0019
e: cvolker at vmware.com

Am Donnerstag, den 06.12.2007, 02:20 -0800 schrieb Christian
Volker:
> Yohoo!
> 
> I have some issues with the smartd in CentOS5/x64
> I edited the /etc/smartd.conf for my needs and restarted the smartd with
> "service smartd restart". But the start script is overriding my
file. I
> checked it and saw the following lines:
> 
> ---------------/etc/init.d/smartd------------
> case "$1" in
>     start | reload | restart)
> GEN_CONF="*SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED*"
> [ ! -f /etc/smartd.conf ] || read DUMMY GEN_CONF DUMMY </etc/smartd.conf
\
> && [ "$GEN_CONF" == "*SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED*" ]
\
> && smartd-conf.py 2>/dev/null
>/etc/smartd.conf.new-autogenerated \
> && mv -f /etc/smartd.conf.new-autogenerated /etc/smartd.conf
>     ;;
> esac
> ---------------/etc/init.d/smartd------------
> 
> So how can I prevent my file beeeing overriden without editing this script
> (which will probably get lots the next update)?
> 
> ------/etc/sysctl/smartmontools---------
> # command line options for smartd
> smartd_opts="-q never"
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Christian Volker
> 
> Technical Support Engineer
Hello,

the first three lines of my /etc/smartd.conf are:
"# *SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED* /etc/smartd.conf
# Remove the line above if you have edited the file and you do not want
# it to be overwritten on the next smartd startup."

Udo