Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:14:35 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: periodic emails Message-ID: <CAGH67wSUuzMtS51gOV5POEmuw3Do-Kcg6H3dawpDJ39a=OSw7A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E4CECE08-C9BE-4CA5-842B-420A44DCF461@lists.zabbadoz.net> References: <E4CECE08-C9BE-4CA5-842B-420A44DCF461@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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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 ther=
e is
> no output to this one can we
>
> 1) suppress the empty sections (to me that sounds a bit like a wrong
> =A0 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:
> =A0 (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 ema=
ils
> if possible. =A0It's in the Subject:. =A0There's no need to have each sec=
tion header
> starting differently. =A0I understand that it would be a POLA problem giv=
en a lot
> of people parse these emails automatically so adding an option for that w=
ould be
> ok with me as well.
>
> Any takers?
How does this look for starters? The attached patch's goal is to
provide a generic, rc(5)-like infrastructure that would quiet down the
periodic emails for 120.clean-preserve .
Thanks,
-Garrett
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