On 22/3/17 9:03 pm, user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid wrote:
Hi Luboš
I think you’re talking about the ASCII encoding in function XymonSend.
I don’t know the reason for choosing ASCII encoding, that code was
written before I was involved.
I wrote that code. From memory, the xymon server could only handle the
clientlog message in ASCII at the time, and forcing the translation to
ASCII was a key part to getting it working. If the constraint of ASCII
clientlog message has changed, then by all means feel free to convert to
UTF8, however some users may still be running old servers that can only
handle ASCII, so best to leave it configurable.
You'd need to test that all client-based tests (DISK, SVC, PORT, PROC,
etc) are still working not just eventlog message matching.
If the server can accept UTF-8 on all platforms then there is no
reason why it should not be changed – maybe one of the server
developers (Japheth ?) could comment?
As above, need to verify server can handle UTF8. I suspect the clientlog
message must be all one encoding - can't just do eventlog section in
UTF8 and the rest in ASCII.
David.
Zak
*From:*Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Luboš
Pavlícek
*Sent:* 22 March 2017 08:56
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [Xymon] Clientlog in UTF8
Hi,
We use powershell client on computers with localized windows (Czech
language). EventLog messages are in Czech with non ASCII characters. I
modified the winpsclient to send clientlog in UTF8. Messages are
displayed on xymon web correctly, I was able filter messages, e.g.
LOG eventlog_System "%Zpracování zásad skupiny selhalo" COLOR=red
That generally happens when someone leaves a remote session logged on
and then changes their password elsewhere. ;)
Exists some pitfalls, why not send clientlog in UTF8, but convert into
US-ASCII?
Luboš Pavlíček
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