Re: [Logwatch] Fwd: Default to STDOUT: is it really a good thing?
"Jason Frisvold" <[email protected]>
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On 5/26/07, Mike Tremaine <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't a big fan of the change either but I don't think it is that big > of a deal. Yes most Logwatch installs use email as the output method. > Still most install are also default Redhat/Fedora rpms, they can set the > default back to email in their rpm no problem. Anyone who is installing > by hand can probably take the extra 10 secs to switch to email default > once they get everything they way they want it. Agreed. I don't think it's that big a deal either. I saw the change in the changelog, spent a few seconds investigating, and then added Print=no to my config. Poof, all set up. :) > Getting HTML output it actually looking pretty good these days, I did a > dist.conf especially for the Endian Firewall project and I really like > the way it turned out. In this case it is not email but a saved file in > HTML. I think we will start seeing more of these types of deployments. > So the argument that we've always done email it should be email forever > doesn't really sway me that much. Even though the first thing I'll do > when I update logwatch is switch it back to email default :). Hrm.. HTML mail sounds interesting.. I'll have to look into that.. > -Mike -- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold [email protected] http://blog.godshell.com