Bug 63120

Summary:	Broken options in logwatch-2.6-1 config files
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann>
Component:	logwatch	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
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Description Bernd Bartmann 2002-04-10 09:05:55 UTC

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Description of problem:
In some logwatch config files under /etc/log.d/conf/services there are config
options like:
*OnlyService = sendmail
*RemoveHeaders
The problem is the star in front of the options. It should be replaced by a $
sign or perl can't directly handle these options as variables.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run logwatch and watch the output for sendmail -> all log header informations
are missing (like date and time)
2. change the config option "*RemoveHeaders =" to "*RemoveHeaders = no" in
/etc/log.d/conf/services/sendmail.conf
3. run logwatch again -> the log headers are still missing
4. now change the config option to "$RemoveHeaders = no"
5. run logwatch again -> everything is ok now	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2002-04-15 17:55:42 UTC

I put a patch in logwatch-2.6-2

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2002-04-15 18:07:01 UTC

A little more clarification:

It appears as if the *FooBlah syntax is intended to run some scripts, and
everything except the first token (the script name) is ignored. The reason
changing the * to the $ worked is because it set a variable or something instead
of running the script. The right fix is to just remove the line altogether if
you don't want removeheaders run.