From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 3 00:03:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8D0106566B for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73C78FC12 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so26926954wgb.31 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=nko5AsP+dUQv2NhQrgHvE9syBCnc6JLmwa3fVDhQ4t8=; b=mYLqD97jtdYitXpL8PUjIsyhMYXhi+FyyF6i9n9dFC7yoE932dgfrw/n113Au47n8L xjvIix2j0cuCDwISWYsrpfbOV/eqZtTSsSGrBwxMPAjVKWrXu005A9vIvGvLaoLfGVvG ayeKSpulIo0nTaWaWEmWri8JqgeS7drGqPAZI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.60.78 with SMTP id o14mr49323899wbh.9.1325548986843; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.158.129 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD current mailing list Subject: Re: periodic emails X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:03:08 -0000 On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb < bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: > Hi, > > why do we send all these empty headings for periodic emails or given there > is > no output to this one can we > > 1) suppress the empty sections (to me that sounds a bit like a wrong > return code or something maybe?), and > 2) add an option to suppress "empty" periodic emails entirely? > > Sample: > ------- > Removing stale files from /var/preserve: > > Cleaning out old system announcements: > > Removing stale files from /var/rwho: > > Backup passwd and group files: > > Verifying group file syntax: > /etc/group is fine > > Security check: > (output mailed separately) > > Checking for denied zone transfers (AXFR and IXFR): > > -- End of daily output -- > ------- > > > I'd also like to get the hostname out of the headings of the security > emails > if possible. It's in the Subject:. There's no need to have each section > header > starting differently. I understand that it would be a POLA problem given > a lot > of people parse these emails automatically so adding an option for that > would be > ok with me as well. > > Any takers? > > /bz > > -- > Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! > It does not matter how good you are. It matters what good you do! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Please don't! The headers with no entries confirm that the check has been run. I really don't care about the hostnames, but the POLA issue makes me seriously question whther it is worth doing. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com