From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 7 05:09:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50455106564A for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 05:09:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbeeble@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160B08FC0A for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 05:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so8870178obb.13 for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:09:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=D33tkHkgkRSOA1oazUzMcn/B/5tx3bvONTJgIa/NDKA=; b=hF76TMisXOdtPomL7tgit3hcEequGzwCctqh2hmBLo2MDGs1MSITsktdlck3d0tdlY VfZutBre75d2GgpJe7K7bhvYxo3mFgcOpep/iRLPsZfydj5RWrOO1PK7WECVnr7U/vlb DjJwtHQVAs9EG4133IqHnpCgeTzGhVbu/35ktGRcMk2AvpDLuNG1/ax8cukWuDfrZRAW 0WX6DWswut8szBRMwQmT5OpKcLnRTLr0hhoQ6pTnX4zUZDZyIscK02VwdX2/LluJyGPC TNR90HTc1B+zrAHqxioPOGG/z+kHnjW6/RlVmGXeIpheWE3bmCBHNmDloZBkD+BLkv9r ItLA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.51.37 with SMTP id h5mr22888872obo.35.1344316163359; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:09:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.167.199 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:09:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1344297314.10583.YahooMailClassic@web121203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1344297314.10583.YahooMailClassic@web121203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 01:09:23 -0400 Message-ID: From: Zaphod Beeblebrox To: Jason Usher Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is securelevel, or zpool keeping me from running smartctl ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:09:25 -0000 On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Jason Usher wrote: > When I run: > > smartctl -a /dev/da0 > > I get: > > /dev/da0: Operation not permitted > Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. In my experience, this is often due to a "path" that doesn't support smartctl messages... like USB or a RAID controller that doesn't implement them.