Re: [gentoo-user] Disable fcron logging

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 22 Aug 2010, at 11:26, Alex Schuster wrote:
> Stroller writes:
>>
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> while true
>> do
>>   for drive in a b c d
>>   do
>>      /usr/sbin/smartctl /dev/sd$drive --whatever >> /var/log/hdstate
>>   done
>> sleep 60
>> done
>
> I use hdparm and hddtemp:
>
> for hd in sda sdb sdc sdd
> do
> ...
> 	echo "$hd: $state $temp"
> done

The script with which you reply is missing the sleep 60 loop.

> ...
> The problem with cron is that I get those cron logs I do not like, and
> that the update time of 60 seconds is a little long. Running the  
> script in
> a loop, started in .kde4/Autostart, would be better, but as a user I  
> have
> no permission to call hdparm or hdtemp. I do not want to be part of  
> the
> disk group, and when using sudo I would get the logs by sudo I  
> wanted to
> avoid. So now I SUID'ed hdparm and hddtemp, changed the group to  
> wheel and
> disabled execution for others. cron problem not solved, but  
> workarounded.

Running a script which contains `while true ... sleep 60` will cause  
only a single logging action. You can run it as root at startup using / 
etc/conf.d/local.start and have the file world readable.

Stroller.