Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:29:51PM -0400, Ben Timby wrote:
> Why do I have to opt out of this survey every time I do anything with drbd?
because you never even read the introduction section
in the drbd.conf man page.
> Other boxes after I type no once, it does not ask any more. This box
> asks every time... Nagware to the extreme... See below, I type no
> three times just to restart the service.
>
> HELP!
most likely it cannot reach usage.drbd.org,
and thus retries over and over again.
to have it not ask,
you can either completely enable or disable this.
man drbd.conf
global { usage-count yes; }
(or no; default is ask, which is why it asks.)
> --
> # service drbd restart
>
> --== This is a new installation of DRBD ==--
> Please take part in the global DRBD usage count at http://usage.drbd.org.
>
> The counter works anonymously. It creates a random number to identify
> your machine and sends that random number, along with
> DRBD's version number, to usage.drbd.org.
>
> The benefits for you are:
> * In response to your submission, the server (usage.drbd.org) will tell you
> how many users before you have installed this version (8.2.6).
> * With a high counter LINBIT has a strong motivation to
> continue funding DRBD's development.
>
> http://usage.drbd.org/cgi-bin/insert_usage.pl blabla
>
> In case you want to participate but know that this machine is firewalled,
> simply issue the query string with your favorite web browser or wget.
> You can control all of this by setting 'usage-count' in your drbd.conf.
>
> * You may enter a free form comment about your machine, that gets
> used on usage.drbd.org instead of the big random number.
> * If you wish to opt out entirely, simply enter 'no'.
> * To count this node without comment, just press [RETURN]
> no
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: Lars Ellenberg
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