Is securelevel, or zpool keeping me from running smartctl ?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Jason Usher <jusher71 at yahoo.com> 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.