From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: mdadm and email warnings Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:13:18 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids AndyLiebman@aol.com writes: > Can anybody point me to information/how-tos that describe, > step-by-step, how to configure mdadm to give me warnings about > possible problems with my raid arrays? I realize that mdadm can > monitor the status of the raids and send me a warning if something > looks bad. But I'm fuzzy on how exactly to set this up. Sorry, but > the details aren't obvious from any of the manuals or help files. > > For instance, I see that I can enter an email address with the flag > -m and the address. But do I need to specify a program that will > send that email? It looks that way to me. Can I use KDE Mail to do > the job? Or do I need to use something that doesn't involve a GUI? I run "mdadm --monitor --scan --daemonise" and have put a mail address in mdadm.conf. Make sure sendmail or something compatible (e.g. postfix) is installed. --=20 M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd mru@kth.se - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html