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Merge pull request #28 from JakeConnors376W/patch-1

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@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ logwatch's configuration file `/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf` s
sudo chmod -x /etc/cron.daily/00logwatch.* sudo chmod -x /etc/cron.daily/00logwatch.*
``` ```
1. By default, unless you changed it, logwatch sends output to `stdout`. Since the end goal is to get a daily e-mail, we need to change the output type that logwatch uses to send e-mail instead. We could do this through the configuration file above but that would apply to every time it is run -- even when we run it manually and want to see the output to the screen. Instead, we'll change the cron job that executes logwatch to send e-mail. That way, when we run it manually we'll still get output to `stdout` and when cron runs it we'll get an e-mail. We'll also make sure it checks for all services, and change the output format to html so it's easier to read regardless of what the configuration file says. In the file `/etc/cron.daily/00logwatch` find the execute line and change it to this: 1. By default, logwatch outputs to `stdout`. Since the goal is to get a daily e-mail, we need to change the output type that logwatch uses to send e-mail instead. We could do this through the configuration file above, but that would apply to every time it is run -- even when we run it manually and want to see the output to the screen. Instead, we'll change the cron job that executes logwatch to send e-mail. This way, when run manually, we'll still get output to `stdout` and when run by cron, it'll send an e-mail. We'll also make sure it checks for all services, and change the output format to html so it's easier to read regardless of what the configuration file says. In the file `/etc/cron.daily/00logwatch` find the execute line and change it to:
``` ```
/usr/sbin/logwatch --output mail --format html --mailto root --mailfrom root --range yesterday --service all /usr/sbin/logwatch --output mail --format html --mailto root --mailfrom root --range yesterday --service all
@@ -2571,4 +2571,4 @@ For any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, or issues, submit a [new issue]
See [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt) for the full license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt) for the full license.
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