In testing 4.3.20, I've noticed that the 'msgs' column (for hosts running the xymon solaris client) contain lines from my logs even when they are reporting 'green'. I don't really want the contents of /var/adm/messages leaked to every viewer of my Xymon web interface.
I now see that this behavior is also on my 4.3.17 server. I've just never noticed it because:
A) I never visit any 'green' bubbles
B) I only have three hosts running the xymon client
When the test goes 'red', I can see value in displaying the offending lines from the log, but I can't see any value in continually leaking arbitrary lines of my logs to arbitrary users. Is there an easy way to suppress these log lines from the green status messages?
Argh. I've only now noticed that the 'cpu' column is also spilling all of my running processes. I thought I had taken care of that problem when I suppressed the 'procs' column. Does anyone actually derive value from having this information continually published on the Xymon web interface for all the world to see?
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