Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 08:11:15 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: periodic emails Message-ID: <201201040811.15793.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20120104115753.GF34721@FreeBSD.org> References: <E4CECE08-C9BE-4CA5-842B-420A44DCF461@lists.zabbadoz.net> <201201031036.50837.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120104115753.GF34721@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:57:53 am Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 10:36:50AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > J> > why do we send all these empty headings for periodic emails or given there is > J> > no output to this one can we > J> > > J> > 1) suppress the empty sections (to me that sounds a bit like a wrong > J> > return code or something maybe?), and > J> > 2) add an option to suppress "empty" periodic emails entirely? > J> > J> Have you tried 'daily_show_success="NO"' in /etc/periodic.conf? > J> > J> (Also security_show_success, weekly_show_success, and monthly_show_success?) > J> > J> Those certainly have fixed both 1) and 2) for me. > > Does security_show_success="YES" suppress the security report entirely > (no mail sent), if no security related issues found? > > When I once tried OpenBSD, I loved that security report mail isn't > generated at all if not issues found. Yes. -- John Baldwin
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