On Tuesday 05 January 2010, Thomas Harold wrote: > On 1/5/2010 1:50 PM, Larry Starr wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 January 2010, Thomas Harold wrote: > >> You mean something more then: > >> > >> "An update was available, and was downloaded and installed successfully. > >> You are now running sa-update version svn607589." > >> > >> Which is the message generated by sa-update on my system, packed up into > >> an e-mail to the root user when it runs daily. I think it's a standard > >> script that is part of SA... > >> > >> If you want to know specifically what changed on the server - maybe a > >> tripwire setup or use FSVS and version the entire server (well, except > >> for stuff that doesn't need to be versioned like user data). On our > >> setup, after running sa-update, I could use FSVS to get a list of what > >> files have changed and even do a diff between the old/new versions. > > > > That message would be helpful, my sa-update seems to produce no output, > > regardless of the presense or absense of updates. I am running version > > svn607589, per the Version option of sa-update: > > > > sa-update --version > > sa-update version svn607589 > > running on Perl version 5.10.0 > > > > Apparently it is necessary to place sa-update in a wrapper script to > > generate such output? > > Well, looking at the SA install on my CentOS 5 x86_64 server... > > /etc/cron.d/sa-update > - This file was installed by the RPM, but the only entry is commented out. > > I'm using a custom shell script (spamassassin_sa-update.sh) which gets > run by root's daily crontab. > > #!/bin/sh > > echo "Running sa-update to update SpamAssassin rules..." > > #Today's date > today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d) > > #Run sa-update > /usr/bin/sa-update > exitcode=$? #Exit code from sa-update > > #Find version of sa-update > version=$(/usr/bin/sa-update -V | grep "sa-update") > > if [ $exitcode = 0 ]; then > echo "An update was available, and was downloaded and installed > successfully. You are now running $version." | mail -s "sa-update for > $today - Updated" root > echo "Updated to $version." > elif [ $exitcode = 1 ]; then > echo "No update was available. You are still running $version." | > mail -s "sa-update for $today - No Update" root > echo "No update today." > else > echo "An error occured while attempting to download and extract > updates. You are still running $version." | mail -s "sa-update for > $today - ERROR" root > echo "Error occurred." > fi > > echo "End of /usr/local/sbin/spamassassin_sa-update.sh" > exit 0 > > I'm not sure where I picked up that script. Probably from the following > link: > > http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10710
Thank you From my install there is a "/etc/cron.daily/spamassassin" which I'm not using, that provides none of that information. I believe I will have to implement a wrapper script to, at least, notify me when updates have been applied. -- Larry G. Starr - lar...@fullcompass.com or sta...@globaldialog.com Software Engineer: Full Compass Systems LTD. Phone: 608-831-7330 x 1347 FAX: 608-831-6330 =================================================================== There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountaineering and motor racing, all the rest are merely games! - Ernest Hemmingway
