--- libmultipath/config.c | 3 ++- multipath/mpathconf.8 | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/config.c =================================================================== --- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/config.c +++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/config.c @@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ load_config (char * file, struct udev *u condlog(0, "/etc/multipath.conf does not exist, blacklisting all devices."); condlog(0, "A default multipath.conf file is located at"); condlog(0, "/usr/share/doc/device-mapper-multipath-%d.%d.%d/multipath.conf", MULTIPATH_VERSION(VERSION_CODE)); - condlog(0, "You can run /sbin/mpathconf to create or modify /etc/multipath.conf"); + condlog(0, "You can run /sbin/mpathconf --enable to create"); + condlog(0, "/etc/multipath.conf. See man mpathconf(8) for more details"); if (conf->blist_devnode == NULL) { conf->blist_devnode = vector_alloc(); if (!conf->blist_devnode) { Index: multipath-tools-130222/multipath/mpathconf.8 =================================================================== --- multipath-tools-130222.orig/multipath/mpathconf.8 +++ multipath-tools-130222/multipath/mpathconf.8 @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ daemon, and configure the .B multipathd service to start automatically or not. If .B mpathconf -is called with no commands, it will display the current configuration. +is called with no commands, it will display the current configuration, but +will not create or modify +.B /etc/multipath.conf The default options for mpathconf are .B --with_module @@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ command. .B --enable Removes any line that blacklists all device nodes from the .B /etc/multipath.conf -blacklist section. +blacklist section. Also, creates +.B /etc/multipath.conf +if it doesn't exist. .TP .B --disable Adds a line that blacklists all device nodes to the