#1032821 smartmontools: Please remove files in /tmp/ after email is sent

Package:
smartmontools
Source:
smartmontools
Description:
control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
Submitter:
Petter Reinholdtsen
Date:
2023-09-15 13:42:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1032821#5
Date:
2023-03-12 07:30:14 UTC
From:
To:
The mail sender in smartmontools leave behind in /tmp/ the content of
the email it send every night about one currently unreadable sector.

<URL: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1024237 > report
that this email is fairly useless, as it do not provide any new or
useful information.

% uptime
 08:25:36 up 34 days, 35 min,  1 user,  load average: 0,03, 0,01, 0,00
% ls -lht /tmp/tmp.*
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars  11 21:50 /tmp/tmp.Hd4kXp47Z7
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars  10 21:50 /tmp/tmp.zNEu2ogOl0
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   9 21:50 /tmp/tmp.t3mvLN9GaY
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   8 21:50 /tmp/tmp.fV1Z8Rv83R
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   7 21:50 /tmp/tmp.HSMdIb5NXX
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   6 21:20 /tmp/tmp.hlKPrJxbQT
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   5 21:20 /tmp/tmp.HDBmLlG3Q5
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   4 21:20 /tmp/tmp.UblTzKelCP
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   3 21:20 /tmp/tmp.Xa5Nvmkzmv
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   2 21:20 /tmp/tmp.JlCzGHuvtD
-rw------- 1 root root 591 mars   1 21:20 /tmp/tmp.bZFp3NsddD
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  28 21:20 /tmp/tmp.8V53Iy8wEk
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  27 21:20 /tmp/tmp.uJUIGkWky7
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  26 21:20 /tmp/tmp.MOAvu8UKcO
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  25 21:20 /tmp/tmp.6tWEF01WwS
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  24 21:20 /tmp/tmp.QMfFn4e0ys
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  23 21:20 /tmp/tmp.PBXv6zwcOJ
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  22 21:20 /tmp/tmp.n7YTsI7CUj
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  21 21:20 /tmp/tmp.eNMJgCdzen
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  20 21:20 /tmp/tmp.64ACirMPyr
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  19 21:20 /tmp/tmp.dnAG6gHfkL
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  18 21:20 /tmp/tmp.b4OUO1wXkd
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  17 21:20 /tmp/tmp.MyZjAmRGoG
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  16 21:20 /tmp/tmp.D8WsN1kgtm
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  15 21:20 /tmp/tmp.W36T84q2er
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  14 21:20 /tmp/tmp.1VtpymYKa4
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  13 21:20 /tmp/tmp.TSOCwHKDM7
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  12 21:20 /tmp/tmp.RlKnr3IAWN
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  11 21:20 /tmp/tmp.Zg6ie5ziv3
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.  10 21:20 /tmp/tmp.AStS9gQOWY
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.   9 21:20 /tmp/tmp.H7C3GafXc8
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.   8 21:20 /tmp/tmp.xw8cL6tu81
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.   7 21:20 /tmp/tmp.jGQxXnTrVL
-rw------- 1 root root 591 feb.   6 21:20 /tmp/tmp.KcZxdhxJFP
% ls -lht /tmp/tmp.*|wc -l
34
% sudo cat /tmp/tmp.KcZxdhxJFP
This message was generated by the smartd daemon running on:

   host name:  server
   DNS domain: example.com

The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:

Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors

Device info:
WDC WD3200BEVT-00A0RT0, S/N:WD-WXK1A11L6883, WWN:5-0014ee-656601846, FW:01.01A01, 320 GB

For details see host's SYSLOG.

You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
The original message about this issue was sent at Sat Oct 29 17:21:18 2022 CEST
Another message will be sent in 24 hours if the problem persists.
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#1032821#10
Date:
2023-05-26 06:08:17 UTC
From:
To:
Hi.  Do you need help fixing this issue?
#1032821#15
Date:
2023-09-15 13:38:30 UTC
From:
To:
[Petter Reinholdtsen]

One idea from
<URL: https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/smartmontools-support/2023-September/001022.html >
is to use the -p option in smartd.conf.