On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-li...@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?
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
quiet-periodic-mail-noise-v01.patch
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