At 3:09 PM -0800 3/19/06, Darren Pilgrim wrote: >Garance A Drosehn wrote: >> >> When printing the user-specific information, it only prints >> the second line of "to users: " when there was more than one >> userid found. If only one userid was found, then it just >> tacks something like "u: root*3" on the first line. > >A common, single-line format would make automated parsing simpler. >Instead of entries like this: > > 5 from 127.0.225.154 _at_ 14:39 -> 14:40 Dec 28 > to users: root*3 + 1 others > 3 from 127.0.73.182 _at_ 21:57 -> 21:58 Dec 26 u: root*3 > >Do something like this: > > 5 from 127.0.225.154 _at_ 14:39 -> 14:40 Dec 28 to >users: root*3 + 1 others > 3 from 127.0.73.182 _at_ 21:57 -> 21:58 Dec 26 to >users: root*3 XML would make parsing even easier. That is not meant as a sarcastic comment, it is just an observation (and one that I did think about when working on this fmt). In any case, I wanted to keep the message readable by humans, not by other scripts. When I'm reading these security emails, I'm always reading them in an 80-column window. I read them the emails, I don't have scripts read them. So that's why I wanted to avoid line wrap. While I'm sure we can improve on this format if we sat around and brain-stormed for awhile, I would prefer something like this for now, just so I have a chance to get it committed in time for 6.1-release. We can always improve on it later. And the setup is also flexible enough that anyone can select a different script if they want a different format. ...Still, I might try something along the lines you suggest, probably as a selectable option, if I have some time while cleaning up other details. It might be trivial to support. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad_at_gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad_at_FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USAReceived on Sun Mar 19 2006 - 23:07:02 UTC
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