Re: periodic emails

From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb <
bzeeb-lists_at_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
>
> --
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>
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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_at_gmail.com
Received on Mon Jan 02 2012 - 23:03:08 UTC

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