[PLUG] This article attacks Linux security...

[Galen Seitz]

Auke Kok <sofar at foo-projects.org> wrote:

> plug_0 at robinson-west.com wrote:
> > Is there a way under Linux to read smart information before one's hard disk
> > dies?  This should be a free feature for both Windows and Linux systems in
> > my opinion, not something you have to pay for.
> 
> smartmontools.
> 
> Yes, it does all of this, for free, and even tells you that your disk
> may be on its way to refubishment or grave.
> 

FYI, if you are using SATA disks, you need to be running relatively
recent versions of the kernel(2.6.15) and smartmontools(5.36) in order
to get smart support.

galen