Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 01:19:45 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile security src/etc/defaults periodic.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/etc/periodic Makefile src/etc/periodic/daily 450.status-security src/etc/periodic/security 100.chksetuid 200.chkmounts 300.chkuid0 ... Message-ID: <20011227011945.E2090@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <200112211552.HAA25429@windsor.research.att.com>; from fenner@research.att.com on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:52:43AM -0800 References: <200112211552.HAA25429@windsor.research.att.com>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:52:43AM -0800, Bill Fenner wrote:
>
> > ... /etc/security has been
> > broken into periodic(8) scripts to make local customization easier and
> > more maintainable.
>
> This is a great step, but my mail filter no longer filters the security
> check email into the right mailbox. It uses the regexp
>
> /((daily|weekly|monthly) run|security check) output/
>
> on the subject line. Now, I realize I can just add "|security"
> in the first alternative, but now my 4.x boxes will still send me
> "security check" outputs and my -current boxes will send "security run"
> outputs, meaning that I maybe have to think a little more when
> searching for them. (e.g. searching for "security check" won't
> get me all of them.)
>
> Any thoughts on modifying /usr/sbin/periodic so it uses the
> traditional security check output subject line?
How about,
Index: periodic.sh
===================================================================
RCS file: /export/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 periodic.sh
--- periodic.sh 26 Nov 2000 03:37:34 -0000 1.19
+++ periodic.sh 27 Dec 2001 09:13:10 -0000
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@
case "$output" in
/*) pipe="cat >>$output";;
"") pipe=cat;;
- *) pipe="mail -s '$host ${arg##*/} run output' $output";;
+ *) eval subject=\$${arg##*/}_subject
+ if [ -z "$subject" ]; then
+ pipe="mail -s '$host ${arg##*/} run output' $output"
+ else
+ pipe="mail -s '$subject' $output"
+ fi;;
esac
success=YES info=YES badconfig=NO # Defaults when ${run}_* aren't YES/NO
And then the user can just do something like,
# echo 'security_subject="$HOST security check"' >> /etc/periodic.conf
To get whatever subject he wishes.
--
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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