CFEngine generally doesn't send any messages (no news == good news) unless you set inform=true for those stanzas. Checksum differences are a special case that always send messages.
-Jason Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > org] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: when are email alerts sent ? > > > Guys > > I have been searching forever to find out what exactly causes cfexecd > to send email alerts and how to tune it. > It doesn't seem very consistent at all. > > I seem to only get one single alert and that is when i do an > up2date on > a package like util-linux f.e. which upgrades /bin/mount. > I have this in cfagent.conf : > > files: > /etc/passwd mode=644 > owner=root > group=root > action=fixall > /etc/shadow mode=600 > owner=root > group=root > action=fixall > /etc/group mode=644 > owner=root > group=root > action=fixall > /bin/mount mode=4755 > owner=root > group=root > action=fixall > checksum=md5 > /usr/bin/sudo owner=root > group=root > mode=4111 > checksum=md5 > action=fixall > > As aI said upgrading the binary causes an email alert to be > sent about > the checksum having changed. However, if I mess with permissions and > wait cfexecd will simply fix them but no alerts at all. > I was under the impression that every action that is carried out gets > emailed to sysadm. What is the difference between a checksum > change and > a permission change ? > > Also, has anyone seen the totally messed up FROM address those emails > come from ? My cfengine box' hostname is cfengine and a look into the > maillog show that the mail comes from : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@domain.com...in other words it seems to craft the > FROM field by doing this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If I add the EmailFrom directive it only changes the from field I see > in the actual email. The maillog still shows the wrong source address. > > help ? > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-> cfengine > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
