Topic: LogWatch Questions

[wifipilot]

Firstly thank you for a Great Product

I have a few questions regarding the LogWatch Contrib - https://wiki.koozali.org/Logwatch

i have made the following changes to the " /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl " File with the following

    $Config{'mailto'} = "mysmeusername";

$Config{'output'} = "mail";

$Config{'format'} = "html";

When i do a " logwatch " CLI Command i get All the Required Information

HOWEVER

When i do a " sudo logwatch --output mail "

I do NOT get a Mail Message in my SME SERVER Username Mailbox from LogWatch
Q1. Any ideas what i am doing wrong?

Q2 Do i need to do a " signal-event post-upgrade && signal-event reboot " every time i make changes to the " /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl " FILE?

Q3. How and where can i look to see if the CRONJOB to send the logwatch information has been setup correctly and is active?

Q4. How do Include the " firewall reporting " in my logwatch File Report?

any help greatly appreciated

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

Hi,
this is not a contrib per se but a how to that was written 12 years ago.
since then only minor change to the page im 2017 for line numbering, in 2021 to reference this as a How to and not a contrib.


as there is no link to sme server internals, i would say:
- signal-event post-upgrade && signal-event reboot is useless
- i am pretty sure you are not supposed to modify the script as everything in ther ewilll be overrided by config file in /etc...

[ReetP]

TBF the wiki does state:

If you want the mail message in html format you must edit the main perl script with your favourite editor (mc, nano, joe, vi....):

I'll take a look week this week, but right now it's wine o'clock 

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

TBF the wiki does state:

I'll take a look week this week, but right now it's wine o'clock 

saw it too, but as long as i can see ( SME9) it has already a /etc config file... so this might come from very far.. and outdated

[wifipilot]

@Reet and @Jean-Philippe Pialasse Thank You very much for your support

is there any Other Contrib or script that i can use to email me similar values of LogWatch?

any help greatly appreciated

[ReetP]

From what I can see you are probably using the wrong commands.

This is probably a little more up to date.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-logwatch-log-analyzer-and-reporter-on-a-vps

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--output mail
I think you misread the wiki. That just tells it how to format the output.

You can see in the wiki:

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$Config{'output'} = "unformatted";
or

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$Config{'output'} = "html";
Compare to this in that page:

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logwatch --detail Low --mailto email@address --service http --range today
You need 'mailto' to force it to send and email.

You should also try this for commands:

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man logwatch
As far as I can see it works and does not need templates etc.

[wifipilot]

@ReetP Thank You very much for your help

Now it makes sense.

Working Perfectly

Much Appreciated