On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 03:41:43PM +0000, Twigathy wrote: > >From the mdadm manpage, you need to do "mdadm --monitor --test --scan" > (Or possible an md device name) to get it to send you some test mails. > I just checked it on my ubuntu server machine and it performs as > expected with the following software: > kernel 2.6.24-21-generic > mdadm - v2.6.3 - 20th August 2007 (Yikes! That's pretty old. I really > ought to dist-upgrade!) Thanks, that worked, even on my old old setup. I will add info on this on the wiki. Best regards keld > Tom > > 2008/11/15 Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@xxxxxxxx>: > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 09:54:13AM -0500, berk walker wrote: > >> Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: > >> >On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 03:40:00PM +0200, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: > >> > > >> >>Hi list > >> >> > >> >>how do I get mail notification on kernel 2.6.12, mdadm v1.12.0? > >> >>I have looked in the man pages and tried various ways, but > >> >>without luck till now. > >> >> > >> > > >> >I got no answers for this. Is it really not possible, or is this > >> >irrelevant to this list? > >> > > >> > >> Look a bit deeper into mdadm manage -m (mail) the delivery of the mail, > >> sound effects, etc need to be excecuted by your system. > > > > Well, --manage -m did not work, mdadm says: > > > > mdadm: option m not valid in manage mode > > > > mdadm - v1.12.0 - 14 June 2005 > > That is the version I run as this is maintained by my OS vendor. > > > > And I did test mdadm --manage -m before asking my first question. > > > > Now mdadm --monitor --scan did not complain about my MAILADDR > > line in /etc/mdadm.conf . But I would like to test it, and > > mdadm --manage -t is not allowed. How do I trigger a message? > > > > Best regards > > keld > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
