Default smartd.conf behavior

Preet <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:03:26 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <CAPOvtuBzJVqAnFeDsGMbKFvosvYQfjeQjM87Q5_+Hk2X=Kg6Bw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

My smartd.conf only has the line:

DEVICESCAN

With no directives explicitly specified. The docs say this means the
'-a' directive will be passed to all disks detected by DEVICESCAN.

What are the default settings for offline testing? Will smartd perform
regular offline (immediate?) tests if "-o on" isn't specified? I'm
actually a bit confused as to what checks smartd performs if you don't
specify anything.

What are the default settings for attribute autosave? Will attribute
values be saved to NV memory if "-S on" isn't specified? I see
attribute values change even though I haven't explicitly specified
"-S" (but maybe that's because that flag just happens to be set on the
disk?)

Thanks,

Preet

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Announcing the Oxford Dictionaries API! The API offers world-renowned
dictionary content that is easy and intuitive to access. Sign up for an
account today to start using our lexical data to power your apps and
projects. Get started today and enter our developer competition.
http://sdm.link/oxford