[DRBD-user] usage count... not going away

Alireza Nematollahi alirezan at redback.com
Mon Feb 23 23:54:30 CET 2009

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Why don't you put this in your drbd.conf file:

global {
  usage-count no;
}

This should go at the very top.
Hope it helps
Ali

Steve Wray wrote:
> I've upgraded a server from Debian Etch to Lenny and have upgraded drbd7 to 
> 8 in the process.
>
> I'm a little concerned because the question about my participation in the 
> usage count is not going away no matter how many times I type in 'no'. When 
> I run the init scripts I have to enter 'no' several times. This gets old fast.
>
> I doubt that participation is compulsory so there must be a way to 
> permanently disable this once and for all.
>
>
> <quote>
>
>                  --== 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 (8.0.14).
>   * With a high counter LINBIT has a strong motivation to
>     continue funding DRBD's development.
>
> <URL deleted)
>
> 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]
> </quote>
>
>
>
>   



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