27.10.2018, 17:56, "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com>:
> Andrey Ponomarenko wrote:
>> 27.10.2018, 02:18, "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com>:
>>> Alexey Eschenko wrote:
>>>> Is there any way to disable sending some parts of the collected data?
>>>> I've seen some of the last probes and found that there may be some
>>>> potentially sensitive data.
>>>> I don't mind to share my configuration with community but I don't want
>>>> to share some logs, mountpoint data and same other info.
>>> I'd like to remove a few things myself. Some things such as file system
>>> mount points and such gives clues as to what they contain. I noticed a
>>> couple other things I'd rather not include.
>>>
>>> I noticed it builds a directory inside /root/HW_PROBE/LATEST/. I used
>>> the command hw-probe-1.4-129-x86_64.AppImage -all but left off the
>>> upload part. It collected the info but didn't send it yet. I wonder,
>>> can we delete the info from the directory it created and then leave off
>>> -all but put -upload and it send only what we didn't delete. In other
>>> words, build the files, remove what we don't want sent and then send
>>> what is left. Do it in three parts instead of one.
>>>
>>> Anyone know if that works? Anyone who doesn't care what they send mind
>>> testing it for us who want to leave out some small amounts of data?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-) :-)
>> Hi Dale,
>>
>> Please use --log-level=minimal option to collect minimal info. Please let
>> me know if it still contains some unwanted info in this minimal mode.
>>
>> I'll patch the tool to collect less info by default in 1.5 (you'll need to
>> explicitly set --log-level=maximal to collect mountpoints).
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>
> I saw the other post and tried it without the upload option. It still
> causes me some concern. What I'd rather do, instead of you having a
> unique setting for myself and others with different issues, just be able
> to remove what we don't want included and then upload the data that
> remains. That would be the easiest by far option for you and other
> users. If it will work that way, you won't have to change anything plus
> others will run up on this and know how to do it that way. It also
> means that others can adjust based on their own set of concerns which
> may be different than mine.
>
> It did help with minimal but some things it didn't include, I was fine
> with sending but some things still remain that I don't. If I remove
> other options and only pass -upload, will it only send the data in
> /root/HW_PROBE/LATEST/ or does it rebuild the file list again and then
> send?
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
It will send content of /root/HW_PROBE/LATEST/ only. If you remove some file
from this directory then it will not be sent until you collect it again by -all
option.
But I think it's better to patch upstream code or add some option that will
satisfy your needs to make the tool perform better by default w/o the need to
write a wrapper script.
What unwanted files still remain in minimal mode?
Thank you.
