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Old 05-28-2012, 04:24 PM   #1
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tripwire + prelink + cron mail report headache


Hello.
i have a centos 6.2 64bit box that i've installed tripwire on. ( opensource tripwire )

now, i configured tripwire to automatically report to me via crontab everyday at 12:00 AM every change made to the system.
the tripwire command has a flag that when issued send a mail as defined in it's policy file.
the problem is i need crond to send emails too.
i dont only have tripwire giving reports, i also have yum check-update emails sent once a day.
the problem was fine until prelink automagically ran one time, then report sizes were skyrocketing, so i disabled prelink, not much use for it on a 99.99% uptime box anyway.

my question is, how can i only have tripwire itsself sending me emails and how can i disable crond's report for tripwire but keep crond's report for yum ?
 
Old 05-29-2012, 09:22 PM   #2
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It sounds like you have two separate cronjobs sending you tripwire reports, correct? (You set up one that you wish to keep, and the package - or script - that you installed tripwire with must have set up another.)

Check /etc/crontab, root's crontab (# crontab -l), /etc/cron.d, and /etc/cron.daily for the other cronjob.
 
Old 05-30-2012, 02:39 AM   #3
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well, crond, if configured, sends emails from all cron entries stdout at runtime.
tripwire itself can send emails and i have a line in /etc/crontab that sais:
0 0 * * * root `which tripwire` -m c -M -v
the -M flag is for mail.
so the result is as follows

i have a mail coming from crond
and i have another mail coming from tripwire itself.


i want to keep the tripwire mail but configure cron to stop sending mails for tripwire alone.
i have other cronjobs that i do want to receive reports of.
 
Old 05-30-2012, 10:10 AM   #4
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Ensure the cronjob doesn't output anything.
 
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Old 05-31-2012, 02:16 AM   #5
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